STUDIES OF DIETARIES. 125 


| Denese Oi PARY,OF A FAMILY IN HARTFORD, CONN. 
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The study continued two weeks in the winter of 1894-95. The members of 
the family and number of meals taken were as follows: 
| Man, about 70 years old, - - - - - - 42 meals. 
| Three women, between 35 and 50 years old (105 x .8), 
: equivalent to - - - - - - - - 84 meals. 
: Girl, 5 years old (42 x .4), equivalent to - ° : =) (17 meals: 
Total number of meals taken equivalent to - - 143 meals. 
Equivalent to one man 48 days. : 
Remarks.—The man had no employment. ‘‘One woman did dressmaking 
when she could obtain it to do; another went out washing: the third was a 
partial invalid.” During the two weeks’ investigation twenty-one meals were 
taken by the women away from home. These are not included in the number 
above. 
TABLE 18. 
Cost and weights of food materials used in dietary No, 23. 


















S WEIGHT | | 7, WEIGHT. 
o ° : o 
Foop MATERIALS. q k: a a Foop MATERIALS. a 2 a x 
5 4 ae a ig o * O jeg v 
~ te le, m4 ates Ve, 
Beef. $ | $ 
Round steak (a), |28|.14| I | 3.0|| Eggs, - - - | 54] .05/—| 5.0 
Round steak (a), | 29} .00) — | 7.5.1) Butter, - rhe VL Meenas 201" 7, O 
Short steak (loin), | M| .13| — | 10.0] Milk, - - ah envG Ly GO 20 ime 
Tripe, - = - | 33| .05| I | — || Condensed milk,- | MJ .05;/—]| 9.5 
Corned, - - | 34] .24 — aaa pre- ' 
Veal limeepared (a2, ~ 2NUcI2) 21. eg 00 
; Flour (a), - aoe OC pee 731032105. O 
Neck, - - S30 TO bly hI2.0 mane ) ‘4 Er etas  caolh germs 
‘Mutton, — Crackers, milk, - | 83] .14| 1I| 6.0 
Chops (a), - - |42| .06| — | 8.0|| Cake, - - =) ) 86.) 10) 355 
Chops (2), - 43 | .0g| — | I2.0]| Mince pie, - tie 2). 30) 9s 52.0 
Chops (avg. 42. 43), —/ .12| 1 | — || Sugar, granulated, | M/| .64/14|12-5 
Neck, - - Aaa 2-070 Cabbage, < =o. O81} 2205,) 1.) 1850 
Onions, - = LOW 20S tinea ae 
Pork. || Potatoes, - A elO2 SOc ca 
Sausage (a), aeRO, ESiie Et (e105 Ree : aa rehder mee 
eee ee | M | 08s) — 1 13.0.1 7 PPe a teks as 
a ‘| Oranges, - me ES Aone k Si ke) ces 
fish. | 
Cod, boneless, - |M/.03| —| 4.5 | Waste (a), - - | I19| — |—|] 2.5 


