London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Kensington 1863
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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DIETARY TABLE.
| Breakfast | DINNER | SUPPER | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bread | Cocoa | Cooked Meat | Potatoes | Suet or Rice Pudding. | Bread | Pea Soup | Bread | Cheese or Butter | Broth | |||
| Ozs. | Pint | Ozs. | 1bs. | Ozs. | Ozs. | Pint | Ozs. | Ozs. | Ozs. | Pints | ||
| Sunday | Men | 6 | l | 5 | ¾ | 6 | 1½ | |||||
| Womn | 5 | l | ¾ | 5 | ||||||||
| Monday | Men | 6 | l | 4 | 1½ | 6 | 2 | l | l | |||
| Womn | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1½ | 5 | 2 | l | |||||
| Tuesday | Men | 6 | l | ¾ | 6 | |||||||
| Womn | 5 | l | ¾ | 5 | 1½ | |||||||
| Wednesday | Men | 6 | l | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | l | ||||
| Womn | 5 | l | 4 | 1½ | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Thursday | Men | 6 | l | 6 | ||||||||
| Womn | 5 | l | 5 | |||||||||
| Friday | Men | 6 | l | 14 | 6 | 2 | l | |||||
| Womn | l | 12 | 5 | 2 | l | |||||||
| Saturday | Men | 6 | l | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Womn | l | 4 | 2 | l | ||||||||