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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
London County Council 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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APPENDIX VII.
DIETARY TABLES AT RESIDENTIAL INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS AND
PLACES OF DETENTION.
A.— Dietary Table foe 30 Younger Children (under 8).
| Day. | Breakfast. | Dinner. | Tea. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday | Cocoa | ½ lb. | Meat | 6 lbs. | Tea | 2 ozs. |
| Bread | 8 lbs. | Bread | 2 lbs. | Butter | 12 ozs. | |
| Butter | 12 ozs. | Potatoes | 12 lbs. | Milk | 8 pints | |
| Milk | 8 pints | Sugar | 1 lb. | Sugar | 1 lb. | |
| Sugar | 1 lb. | Milk | 8 pints | Bread | 5 lbs. | |
| Cornflour | 1 lb. | Cake, small piece. | ||||
| Monday | Milk | 15 pints | Soup | Milk | 15 pints | |
| Butter or dripping | 12 ozs. | Bread | 2 lbs. | Sugar | 1 lb. | |
| Sugar | 1 lb. | Raisin pudding | Bread | 8 lbs. | ||
| Bread | 8 lbs. | Butter | 12 ozs. | |||
| Tuesday | Milk | 15 pints | Irish stew | |||
| Sugar | 1 lb. | Bread | 2 lbs. | Milk | 15 pints | |
| Bread | 8 lbs. | Rice, sago or tapioca | 1 lb. | Sugar | 1 lb. | |
| Butter or dripping | 12 ozs. | Sugar | 1 lb. | Bread | 8 lbs. | |
| Milk | 8 pints | Butter | 12 ozs. | |||
| Wednesday | Milk | 15 pints | Meat (roast) | 6 lbs. | Milk | 15 pints |
| Sugar | 1 lb. | Potatoes | 12 lbs. | Sugar | 1 lb. | |
| Bread | 8 lbs. | Vegetables | 6d. | Bread | 8 lbs. | |
| Butter | 12 ozs. | Bread | 2 lbs. | Butter | 12 ozs. | |
| Rice, sago or tapioca | 1 lb. | |||||
| Sugar | 1 lb. | |||||
| Prunes | 4 lbs. | |||||
| Thursday | Milk | 15 pints | Minced meat | 5 lbs. | Milk | 15 pints |
| Sugar | 1 lb. | Potatoes | 12 lbs. | Sugar | 1 lb. | |
| Bread | 8 lbs. | Bread | 2 lbs. | Bread | 8 lbs. | |
| Butter | 12 ozs. | Rice 1 lb. (boiled) with jam (3 lbs. jam or rhubarb 6d.) | Butter | 12 ozs. | ||
| Friday | Milk | 15 pints | Fish | 12 lbs. | Milk | 15 pints |
| Sugar | 1 lb. | Potatoes | 12 lbs. | Sugar | 1 lb. | |
| Bread | 8 lbs. | Bread | 2 lbs. | Bread | 8 lbs. | |
| Butter or dripping | 12 ozs. | Suet pudding | Butter or dripping | 12 ozs. | ||
| Saturday | Milk | 15 pints | Bread | 12 lbs. | Milk | 15 pints |
| Sugar | 1 lb. | Fruit | 2s. | Sugar | 1 lb. | |
| Bread | 8 lbs. | Butter | 1 lb. | Bread | 8 lbs. | |
| Butter | 12 ozs. | Eggs | 30 | Butter | 12 ozs. | |
Ingredients and variations—-
Cake—Flour, 3 lbs. ; sugar, 1 lb. ; lard, 1 lb. ; peel, 1/2lb. ; currants, £ lb. ; sultanas, f lb. One egg and
1 teaspoonful of baking powder to be added for each lb. of flour.
Soup—Meat, 4 lbs. ; peas or lentils, 1 lb. ; vegetables, 6d. Irish stew—Meat, 6 lbs. ; potatoes, 12 lbs.
Raisin pudding—Flour, 3 lbs. ; sugar, 1 lb ; raisins, 1 lb. ; suet, 11 lbs.
Suet pudding—Suet, 11/2 lbs. ; flour, 3 lbs. ; treacle, 2 lbs.
Porridge may be given occasionally for breakfast.
Jam, marmalade or fresh fruit may be substituted occasionally for butter or dripping for tea.
Fruit may occasionally be substituted for puddings at times of the year when it can be done with advantage.
For children under 3 years of age this dietary may be varied by the provision of further milk and eggs.
All ingredients are uncooked.
Occasionally other recipes or methods of cooking may be employed provided the general quantities of
ingredients are utilised,