ON FOODS OF FREE AND JAIL POPULATIONS OF INDIA, 183 
and the following Table shows the weekly quantity and kind of food, varying 
with duration of imprisonment, and compared with the free dietary. 
Free Labourers. Prisoners. 
Mahome-| Above | From | From ithin 
Hindoos.|" qans, |3months| 7” 3 1 to2 Balas 
months, | months. 
s. ch. a eh. | 8 GD. lanSae Civile Sp Ch please Gu. 
Lule tre eee 6 8 Forel, hod, ‘aba il eb Tt 3 14 
Linloee eee 0 4 (Yow: (Oped 5: Ors 0 8 0 5 
Vegetables .... | 2 0 2 ihe! 0 8 0 4 ( 
Lich 3a 0, 2 0. 2 0 6 rr 0 0 0 0 
HGR ec «sie, 0.0, 0 0 0 3 0 6 O06 0 0 0 0 
MEMS os, coe > « 0 38 OT us 0 23) O 18; 0 18] 0 13 
uo“ aes 0 2 0 2 ell a 0 2 0 2 
Massalahs...... tee et |, Meee Cee) OO Lg 
Onionsand garlic | 0 1/0 4/0 24}0 2/|0 3) 0 @ 
MI Te isip-s «os 0 8 0) 0 0 0 Cy gal, 0 O 0 O 
es QO-"2 | (4 ae 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
The rice used is the coarse kind only. The varieties of dal are limited, Goat’s 
flesh is given when fish is scarce. Two meals daily are given, at 11 a.m, and 
after 5 p.m. Mahomedans are stronger and healthier than Hindoos because 
of intermixture of races and more nutritious food. The locality is low and 
marshy, and induces endemic diseases. The prisoners suffer from bowel-com- 
plaints, mental despondency, &c, ; and, from confinement, the digestive powers 
cease in a few months to take or digest the allowed quantity of food. 
13. Dr. A. J. Suerman, of Beerbhoom, gives a detailed account of the foods, 
and their preparation, in use there; and, after stating that it is difficult to 
get reliable information, shows that at the two meals daily the following 
food is eaten :—rice 24 ozs., dal 3 ozs., parched rice (moorhee) 4 ozs., vege- 
tables 6 ozs., oil 1 oz., massalah 1 oz., salt 1 oz. = 40 ozs. daily. Sometimes 
3 or 4 ozs. of fish is substituted for the dal and vegetables ; and when more 
food is required, the dearer kinds are omitted, and the cheaper increased, 
The poor food renders them liable to endemic, sporadic, and epidemic diseases, 
The jail dietary varies with the labour, and on Sundays it is that of the non- 
labouring classes, He deprecates the cooping-up of the prisoners by high 
double and triple walls, and the deficient supply of fresh air. (Diet No.1.) . 
14, Dr. A. A. Manrett, of Balasore, describes in detail the several foods 
in use, as well as their modes of preparation, and includes spirits and intoxi- 
cating drugs. The inhabitants not addicted to the latter enjoy good health ; 
but the smallness of the quantity of protein-compounds prevents a high state 
of vigour among the Hindoos. The sedentary become fat. Fever and bowel- 
complaints prevail. The long intervals between meals predispose to endemic 
disease. The jail dietary varies with labour and duration of imprisonment, 
and is sufficient for health. The mortality has doubled since 1859, and is due. 
to the confinement of the prisoners within the walls instead of being employed 
on the roads. (Diets Nos. 5, 6, 7, and 8.) \ 
15. Dr. H. J. Wrir1ams, Burdwan, after describing the foods under the. 
heads of rice (two kinds, hona and rokum), dal (seven kinds), fish, flesh (very, 
rarely eaten), milk (eaten by all classes), vegetables (twenty kinds), acid 
