Dietaries for the inmates of workhouses : report to the President of the Poor Law Board / of Edward Smith.

  • Great Britain. Poor Law Board.
Date:
1866
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Credit: Dietaries for the inmates of workhouses : report to the President of the Poor Law Board / of Edward Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    REPORT. The following report consists essentially of two parts, in the first of which I have referred to the existing dietaries, whilst in the second I have considered the subject in a wider sense, and have added a statement of the dietaries which I submit for the consideration and adoption of the various local autho- rities. The following is the order in which the various subjects are order of v j J snbiects C1ISCUSS6CI S—— discussed. PART I. Existing Arrangements. The details of the dietaries in actual use. Quantity and kind of food supplied. Adults. Children. Composition (and consequent nutritive value) of certain foods. The effect of the dietaries. The method practised in the obtainment, cooking, and distri- bution of foods. PART II. The proper Dietaries in Workhouses. Preliminary considerations. The conditions under which the inmates should be placed to enable them to make the best use of the food supplied. Agreeable and usual food. Cooking of food. Rapid distribution of food. Selection of the most economical kinds, quantities, and parts of foods. Vegetable food. Animal food. Special requirements of each class of inmate. Children and youths. Able-bodied adults. Aged and infirm. Lying-in and suckling women. The sick. Vagrants.