on Cooking for the Poor. 543 



1227 Persons fed at Dinner, Bread and Meal Pottage. 



Ibs. -v Ibs. loaves. Ib. Value. 



120 servants 9 oz. bread .... 68 C^j 8 ^ / / o \ 

 1107 workers, incurables, etc., @ 8 oz. 553^> 



1227 persons. 



Weight of meal for the pottage, I cwt. 3 qrs. ... o 13 5 



Pepper for ditto, half a pound o ir 



Ginger for ditto, r pound o 13 



Salt for ditto, 21 pounds o 07 



Fuel for ditto, 3 bushels 2 pecks o 27^ 



Dinner cost .... 6 9 

 Supper. 



For 165 sickly women on 6 oz. bread . 62 (. 



Ibs. -v Ibs. loaves. Ib. Value. 



f s. d. 



, 109 is 24 I I 19 ii 

 251 children, 3 oz. ditto . . . . 47 ) 



N.B. The expenses of food for the Hospital, in which there are 

 343 persons, is not included in the above account. 



Sunday, May I, 1796. 



1 220 Persons fed at Breakfast. 

 120 servants, @ 8 oz. bread. 

 330 incurables, children, etc., 6 oz. ditto. 

 770 workers, etc., get stirabout. 



1220 persons. 



The same quantity of provisions delivered this day for breakfast as on 

 Saturday, and cost the same ; viz., 5/. i8s. 8^/. 



1 2 20 Persons fed at Dinner. Bread, Beef and Broth. 



Ibs -v Ibs. loaves. Ib. Cost. 



120 servants, @ 9 oz. bread . . . 68 C 6lg is , 3; ^ * * $ 

 noo workers, incurables, etc., 8 ditto . 550) 



1 220 persons. 



cwt. qrs. Ibs. 



Weight of raw beef 4 2 10 



Allowed for bone , 100 



5 2 10 7 19 3 



Meal for the broth 120 13^ 



Waste bread for ditto 100 ooo 



Salt for ditto 0024 008 



Pepper for ditto o o o^ o i i 



Fuel, 4 bushels 2 pecks 034^ 



Total .... 14 17 o 



