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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    Foods supplied at SurpER in 65 Workhouses. r No. of Workhouses. Able- bodied. Aged and Infirm. Able- bodied. Aged and Infirm. Men. Women, Men. Women. Men. iVomen. Men. s a Milk or porridge and bread daily 22 19 1 i Do. do. on some and other L. 38 34 foods on other days - - 1C 15 3 3 4 Gruel and bread daily 2 2 1 Do. do. on some, and other 112 12 foods on other days - - 10 10 1 Cheese and bread daily 2 2 1 1 ] Do. on some, and other foods on 2G 9ft other days - 24 24 8 8 9 Tea and bread daily 2 6 3 3 Do. and butter do. — . 53 54 Do. do. on some and >■ 5 8 5G 51 other foods on other days _ 3 2 , Broth and bread on some, with other foods on other days - 25 25 9 8 25 25 9 8 No. of Days Weekly. r 5 1 1 Cheese and bread alone - ^ 5 5 5 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 2 2 Do. with Gruel 4 1 1 Do. with Milk - 1 1 r 3 18 18 7 6 Broth and bread alone - • 2 5 5 2 o 1 1 1 ■ 6 1 i Tea - - 5 2 1 1 1 2 1 Milk in same form and quan- 3 tity - G 4 1 5 5 5 1 i 4 4 4 1 i 3 1 1 Part I. Dietaries in Use. Adults. Combina- tion of foods. Quantity of the several Foods given at a Meal. Breakfast.—The quantity of bread supplied at breakfast varies Breakfast, from 5 oz. to 8 oz. for men, and from 4 oz. to 6 oz. for women. In 38 workhouses the quantity allowed to men is 7 oz.,in one8oz., and one 5 oz., whilst in more than two-fifths of these institutions the quantity is 6 oz., and in a few aged and infirm men have 1 oz. less than able-bodied men. With only one exception women are allowed less bread than men, and the diminution is 1 oz., or from one-fifth to one-eighth of the quantity allowed to men. It may be worthy of remark that the extremes in the allowance of bread occur both in the same county, viz., Yorkshire; but the one (Fasingwold)