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Table 12 -Replies to the question: How many times a week is meat served at break- 
fast, lunch, and dinner? 
Group 
Total 
number 
of 
replies 
Average times per week per 
household at— 
Break- 
fast 
Lunch 
Dinner 
American white: 
701 
782 
796 
583 
1.8 
1.9 
2.1 
2.6 
2.1 
2.5 
1.8 
1.8 
5.3 
5.7 
5.8 
Wealthy class 2 - - - 
5.8 
Total American white. 
Colored: 
Poor class 
Middle class 
Foreign: 
English 
Finnish _. 
French -. 
German 
Italian . 
Jewish 
Polish 
Russian 
Scandinavian 
2.862 
2.1 
203 
4.0 
1.6 
197 
4.1 
2.3 
100 
1.7 
2.2 
45 
.0 
1.4 
50 
1.1 
2,8 
175 
.7 
1.6 
227 
.6 
1.9 
112 
.1 
.6 
198 
1.0 
2.8 
50 
.8 
3.2 
150 
.0 
2.2 
5.6 
6.4 
5.3 
5.9 
6.0 
4.2 
4.3 
5.2 
5.9 
5.9 
1 Replies from 15 cities, Philadelphia not included. 
2 Replies from 13 cities, Baltimore, Jacksonville, and New Haven not included. 
Table 13. — Re-plies by cities to the question: How many times a week is meat served 
at breakfast, lunch, and dinner? 
[Middle class and well-to-do class American white replies combined] 
Baltimore 
Binghamton ... 
Birmingham ... 
Denver 
Fargo 
Grand Forks ..- 
Jacksonville 
Lincoln 
Minneapolis 
New Haven 
Xew Orleans.-. 
Oklahoma City 
Philadelphia ... 
Pittsburgh 
San Francisco.. 
Washington 
All cities 
City 
Average times per week per household 
at 
— 
Total 
number 
| 
of replies 
Break- 
fast 
Lunch 
All 
Dinner j meals 
j combined 
94 
,4 
2,7 
6.0 
11.9 
89 
1.3 
2.1 
5.5 
8.9 
100 
4.6 
. 1.9 
5.2 
11.8 
97 
•4 
1.0 
5.6 
7.0 
100 
.4 
2.0 
5.8 
8.2 
101 
.6 
3.5 
6.0 
10.0 
99 
3.6 
3.1 
5.2 
11.9 
100 
1.9 
1.6 
6.6 
10.1 
100 
1.1 
1.7 
6.5 
9.3 
103 
.9 
2.9 
5.9 
9.4 
100 
1.9 
2.6 
5.9 
10.4 
100 
3.3 
1.3 
5.5 
10.0 
97 
1.1 
3.6 
4.8 
9.4 
99 
2.2 
2.1 
5.6 
9.9 
100 
2.2 
1.2 
5.8 
9.2 
99 
3.5 
1.7 
5.9 j 11.2 
1,578 
2.0 
2.2 
5.8 
10.0 
