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1916-17.] Labouring Class Dietaries in War Time. 
33*7 per cent, in the food purchased per Id. between the two sets of 
dietary studies, and of 66 per cent, compared with the values received 
in 1911-12. 
Retail prices have risen somewhat beyond this, many commodities hav- 
ing doubled in price during the war ; consequently these values purchased 
per Id. indicate that the labouring man’s wife, because of monetary con- 
siderations, or because of the scarcity of certain commodities, has altered 
the proportionate use made of the various food-stuffs, and thereby effected 
an economy. This is clearly shown from the following table. Bread, which 
is the cheapest food-stuff obtainable, was more largely used in the later 
studies than in the earlier. 
Amounts consumed “per Person”* in Lbs. per Week. 
First Study. 
Second Study. 
Flour. 
Potatoes. 
Meat. 
Sugar. 
Flour. 
Potatoes. 
Meat. 
Sugar. 
Income unaltered 
M. 63 
41 
... 
*31 
1-87 
4*73 
1-23 
•77 
•87 
M. 62 
4*31 
•43 
1-06 
•72 
4-94 
T1 
•34 
•62 
S. 84 . 
383 
3T 
•77 
•66 
4-34 
•6 
•71 
'65 
N. 31 
5-78 
1-31 
1-30 
1-60 
5-84 
•54 
1-23 
•52 
H. 47 
3-07 
3*07 
•70 
1T7 
592 
• • • 
•48 
•44 
N. 151 
3T1 
3T1 
1T7 
1-04 
4T9 
2'66 
1-02 
•97 
Averages 
4-02 
1-84 
•88 
1T8 
4-99 
•86 
•76 
*68 
Income increased 
M. 112 
35 
3*48 
1-32 
IT 
6-08 
1-62 
1-38 
•67 
H. 38 
354 
3-69 
1-03 
•63 
6-4 
3-21 
1T9 
•6 
M. 65 
347 
1*28 
1*18 
•8 
6*72 
• • • 
•49 
•36 
N. 150 
5-42 
6*28 
2-84 
•43 
5-45 
4-27 
253 
•95 
Averages 
3-98 
3-68 
1-59 
•74 
6T6 
2-28 
1-40 
•64 
This seems to indicate that as a result of the non-availability of potatoes 
and sugar there has been an increased use of cereals even in those diets 
where the general intake of energy has decreased. 
These figures bear out the conclusions published in the British Medical 
Journal of February 24, 1917, that it is not possible, on the bread, meat, 
* The dietary requirements “per person,” taking into account the proportionate 
number of men, women, and children in the community, has been estimated by the 
Food Committee of the Royal Society at *77 of that of a man at moderate labour (“The 
Food Supply of the United Kingdom,” Cd. 8421). This figure was used in making these 
calculations. 
