
STUDIES OF DIETARIES. 
147 
No, 254. DIETARY AT MAIN BUILDING OF THE CONNEC- 
TICUT HOSPITAL FOR THE, INSANE. 
This study was begun with breakfast, November 14, 1898, and continued 
7 days. It was carried on in the part of the Hospital known as the 
“Main Building,’’ which is somewhat larger than the ‘‘ Middle Building.” 
The method of this study was the same as that of the preceding. The number 
of persons included in this study is as follows: 

Men. 
Patients. = - - = = - ='/ 268 
Attendants and employés, - z ~iaind & 
Total, - . - x a Sey ee 
The total number of meals served was 13,650, e 
for one day. 
TABLE 33. 
Women. Total. 
285 553 
52 97 
337 650 
quivalent to 4,550 persons 

Weights* of food materials used in dietary No. 254. 












Foop MATERIALS. ee Weight. FooD MATERIALS. ae Weight. 
Foop PURCHASED. Lbs.| Oz, || FOOD PURCHASED. Esc Ox. 
Animal Food, Vegetable Food. 
Beef: Barley, - -) 7| 8.0 
Beef-tea meat, - | — | 147] 4.5|| Corn meal, -|; — 61, — 
Diet steak, - -| — SOIT Soe RICE ia -) — 6412.0 
Hamburg steak, - | -— | 209] 8.0|| Rolled oats, -| — 36, — 
Liver, - - Se 20) 4.0}; Flour, wheat, -| — 80, — 
Roast, - - - | — | 233} 8.0]| Bread, brown, =) oF 2681 9.5 
Steak, - - - | — | 187| g.0}| Bread, corn, - - 18 | 206); — 
Soup meat, - 2) 1 T4T)..3.5| | Bread, graham, /-°\'..20: |. 99}°:8.0 
Corned, - - | — | 455] 8.5|| Bread, wheat, - Ot |276T 270 
Dried, - = -|— 34| 4.0|| Biscuit, soda, - eote hla a Ober aa) 
Pork: Crackers, soda, -| — 55 — 
Ham, - - - | — | 305] 4.5|| Cake, tea, - 26 | 124| — 
Saltofat: ‘ -| — 40) I.0|| Cookies, molasses, - 20 “\ LI3)T2.0 
Fish; ete.: Cookies, sugar, - 30 86| — 
Cod, fresh, - - | — | 211/ 8.0|) Doughnuts, Bi, 3201 14 Opa 
Cod, salt, - -|— 62) 4.0|| Pie, apple, = [a | O65 SOT 
Oysters, - - | — | 179] 4.0|) Spaghetti, - 25 44) 9.5 
Eggs, - - - | — | 22013.0|| Molasses, a i poole EEO D.O 
Butter, - = - | — | 461) 8.0|| Sugar, - -| — | 466) — 
Cheese, - - -) — 58 4.0|| Tapioca, -| — 31180 
Milk, - - - | — |4796|.4.0|| Beans, - = Lom =| 2651 9.0 
———| ——/—— | Cabbage, - | — | 277/13.0 
Total animal food, | — '7817| 1.5: Carrots, - -| — 29| 4.0 

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* All weights, unless otherwise specified, are of the edible material free from bone, 
skin, etc. 
+ See pp.126 and 127. 
