CONVICT ROAD CAMP, FULTON COUNTY, GEOEGIA. 29 
SUBSISTENCE. 
Food was provided and served to the convicts in accordance with 
eight diet tables designed by the United States Public Health Serv- 
ice. These tables, 15 to 22, inclusive, were so arranged as to provide 
a maximum amount of nourishment at a minimum cost. 
Table 15. — Diet without fresh meat. 
Foodstuff. 
Weight. 
Proteins. 
Fats. 
Carbo- 
hydrates. 
White flour (or Graham or whole-wheat flour) 
Ounces. 
8 
8 
2 
8 
4 
16 
1 
3 
1.3 
0.5 
2 
2 
1 
0.4 
Ounces. 
1.064 
.736 
.166 
.592 
.984 
.288 
.014 
.776 
.027 
Ounces. 
0.120 
.152 
.012 
5.320 
.040 
.016 
.003 
1.010 
Ounces. 
5.816 
6.032 
1.580 
2.480 
Potatoes 
2.350 
.089 
Cheese 
.072 
.933 
Sugar 
.500 
Lard 
2.000 
1.400 
Vinegar 
Cofiee 
Solids 
57.2 
4.647 
527 
8.673 
2,213 
21.252 
Calories 
2,410 
Nutritive ratio, 1:9.]. 
Breakfast : 
White or Graham biscuit. 
Hominy grits (boiled or fried). 
Fried salt pork, 3 ounces. 
Molasses, 2 ounces. 
Sugar, one-half ounce with coffee. 
Coffee, two-fifths ounce. 
Dinner : 
Stewed peas. 
Corn bread. 
Salt fat pork, 4 ounces (stewed with peas). 
Supper : 
Potatoes, 16 ounces." 
Onions, 1 ounce. 
Vinegar, 1 ounce 
Water, 1 ounce. 
Bacon, 1 ounce. 
Cheese, 3 ounces. 
Stewed fruit. 
White or Graham biscuit. 
Potato salad. 
