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this, the waste is best expressed as an average. This is found to be 
9T4 grammes of proteid, 11 T2 grammes of fat, and 26 T 2 grammes 
of carbohydrate per man per day. This represents 2 34 ‘54 
Table XI. 
Waste as percentage of total food purchased. 
Proteid. 
Fat. 
Carbo- 
hydrate. 
Fuel Value. 
Cost. 
A. 
Animal . 
2-1 
4-4 
0*0 
1*6 
1*8 
Vegetable 
2-1 
21 
2*4 
1*5 
0*6 
Total . 
4*2 
6*5 
2*4 
3*1 
2*4 
B. 
Animal . 
3’3 
7-9 
0*0 
2*8 
4*8 
Vegetable 
0*2 
0*0 
0*5 
0*2 
0*0 
Total . 
3*5 
7-9 
0*5 
3*0 
4*8 
0 . 
Animal . 
4*5 
7*9 
0*1 
3*3 
5*8 
V egetable 
2-3 
0*6 
4*2 
2*5 
0-6 
Total . 
6-8 
8-5 
4*3 
5*8 
6*4 
D. 
Animal . 
4*6 
10-6 
o-i 
4*7 
4*1 
Vegetable 
3-4 
0*4 
6*0 
3-6 
2-9 
Total . 
8-0 
11-0 
6*1 
8*3 
7*0 
E. 
Animal . 
1*7 
4*9 
o-o 
1-9 
2*1 
Vegetable 
5-2 
0*7 
10-2 
5*9 
2*9 
Total . 
6 '9 
5*6 
10*2 
7*8 
5*0 
Calories, and costs 0*79 pence. A comparison of the waste of 
this case with that in American college studies will be given 
later. 
This waste cannot reasonably be compared with that in working- 
elass households with children, as in these cases the younger 
members of the household are frequently fed on what remains 
from the meals of their elders, and scraps can naturally be 
utilised in a way that is impracticable in better-class houses. 
