The twelfth annual report of the state of the lunatic asylum for the County of Nottingham, and the seventy-sixth of the original institution, formerly the General Lunatic Asylum, 1886 / [Nottingham County Lunatic Asylum].

Nottingham County Lunatic Asylum

Date:: 1887

Credit: The twelfth annual report of the state of the lunatic asylum for the County of Nottingham, and the seventy-sixth of the original institution, formerly the General Lunatic Asylum, 1886 / [Nottingham County Lunatic Asylum]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$TABLE XV. DIETARY. BREAKFAST. Every Day. MALES. Milk Porridge or Cof¬ fee, with 4oz, of But¬ ter for 12 Patients 1J pt Bread .. 7 oz FEMALES. Tea, Coffee, or Por¬ ridge . .... 1 pt Butter for 12 Patients 4 oz Bread . 6 oz I DINNER. Sunday. Roast Meat, free from Bone .. 6 oz . 5 oz Bread 4 oz ... 4 oz Vegetables. 16 oz Beer ... ^ pt . 1 pt Monday. Australian Meat .. 5 oz Bread . 4 oz .. 4 oz Vegetables. 16 oz Beer .. pt Tuesday. Currant or Fruit Pud¬ ding . 16 oz Beer... ^ pt Rice Pudding .... 12 oz Bread . 5 oz Cheese. 1 oz Beer. \ pt Wednesday. Meat, in pie, free from Bone. 5 oz . 4 oz Pie Crust . 10 oz . 8 oz Potatoes, sliced ... 12 oz Beer. 4 pt, . i pt Thursday. Boiled Meat, free from Bone .. ... 6 oz ... 5 oz Bread .......... 4 oz Vegetables. 16 oz Beer. i pt . 4 oz .. 12 oz . 4 pt Friday. Irish Stew. 1| pt Bread . 6 oz .. 1 pt Beer .... ... pt Saturday. Rice Pudding. 16 oz Bread . 6 oz Cheese. 1 oz Beer. \ pt Currant or Fruit Pud¬ ding . 16 oz Beer. \ pt SUPPER. Every Day. Bread . 6 oz Butter for 12 Patients 4 oz Tea . 1^ pt or Bread with Milk Porridge ........ 1J pt Bread . 5 oz Butter for 12 Patients 4 oz Tea . 1 pt The Stew, made of Australian Meat, Potatoes, Vegetables, &c. Beer, 14 Gallons to the Bushel. A Salad once a -week. Tea or Coffee instead of Milk Porridge on Rice Pudding Days Regular Workers in the Garden, Laundry, &c. have, at 11 a.m., Bread, 4oz. Cheese, loz. ; Beer, pint; at 4 p.m., Beer, ^ pint. Seed Cake twice a week in lieu of Bread and Butter.$