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especial thanks are also due for important assistance in carry- 
ing out the details. Studies were made in two of the buildings 
in November, 1898, and are here reported. ‘The statistics 
were gathered by Messrs. A. P. Bryant, H. C. Sherman, and 
H. H. Wells. The methods of dietary study ordinarily fol- 
lowed by the Station were necessarily modified somewhat in 
making these two studies. The modifications have been 
explained on page 125 in the general description of methods 
given in the preceding article. The tables on pages 145-149 
contain the data of these two studies. 
I regret that the resources at the disposal of the Station 
for such investigations have not been sufficient to carry this 
inquiry further. The results obtained, however, compared 
with those obtained from the information available from other 
soutces, were such as seemed to warrant a statement to Dr. 
Page, of which the following is a copy: 
MIDDLETOWN, CONN., January 26, 1899. 
C. W. Page, M. D., Superintendent, Connecticut Hospital for the Insane, Mia- 
dletown, Conn..' 
My DEAR SIr:—The results of the dietary studies lately made in your insti- 
tution are of decided interest. Although they were made in only two of the 
buildings and continued for but a short time, I see no reason why they should 
not more or less fairly represent the usage of the establishment as a whole. 
From the physiological standpoint the diet in the cases studied was ample in 
quantity; there was, I should say, an excess rather than a deficiency of nutritive 
ingredients, and the food was in every way wholesome and nutritious. The 
relative waste was considerably larger at the main building with twenty dining 
rooms than at the middle building with one large and three very small dining 
rooms. I think the hospital is to be congratulated upon the success in the 
feeding of its patients. 
Very truly yours, 
(Signed) W. O. ATWATER, 
I hope there may be opportunity hereafter for further studies 
such as will warrant more general conclusions. Meanwhile, I 
think it is safe to say that although the figures given show 
considerable quantities of waste, these latter are no larger— 
indeed, they are smaller—than are often found in well managed 
institutions elsewhere. ‘They indicate that the dietetic man- 
agement in the Connecticut State Hospital is such as to 
provide for excellent nourishment at a comparatively low 
cost. ‘The amounts of food actually eaten per person per day, 
