Report on the general sanitary condition of Cowley Industrial School / by Henry W. Acland.

  • Henry Acland
Date:
1863
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Report on the general sanitary condition of Cowley Industrial School / by Henry W. Acland. 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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    TABLE SJiewing the present and the propoml dietaries, in pints and ounces. The quantities are those allowed iveekly. COWLEY SCHOOL. Bread. Potatoes. Greens, Tur- nips, or Carrots. Mutton. Beef. Rice Pudding. Butter. Milk (pints). Soup (pints). 1 Suet Pudding. Porridge (pints). Cheese. Ages, <« to 0. Present diet Proposed diet 61 61 18 16 1 16 ( 6 ' 6 8 8 If 31 H 7 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 Ages, 5 to 9. Present diet Proposed diet 78 88 20 1 20 7 1 7 0 10 If 3* 11 5i 2i 0 10 10 5i 0 0 0 Ages, 9 to 16. Present diet 98 24 2 0 0 3^ 3 12 / 7 Proposed diet 110 20 20 8 8 0 31 3i 1 12 0 7 The general principle npon which the changes recom- mended are based will be found to be an increase of meat, especially for the yonngest class; an addition of green food ; an increase of milk in the two younger classes; an addition to the bread of the two older classes ; the abstraction of porridge from the two elder classes, and of suet pudding from the infants. Experience has shewn, and will, I believe, in this case also prove, the value of such a Dietary here respectfully proposed to you. But in my judgment, no Dietary, how- ever excellent, will suffice, unless accompanied by open- air exercise, and by, as far as can be secured, such mirthful life and child-like elasticitv as can be obtained in a system necessarily and confessedly not favourable to the best development of the body and mind of a child. No diet whatever which is monotonous is safe for children. A little skilful manao-ement in varvino^ the flavour and mode of cooking will often secure the
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