General report of the Royal Hospitals of Bridewell and Bethlem, and of King Edward's Schools (London & Witley), for the year ending 31st December, 1881 : printed for use of the governors / Bridewell Royal Hospital and Bethlem Royal Hospital.

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[1882]
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Credit: General report of the Royal Hospitals of Bridewell and Bethlem, and of King Edward's Schools (London & Witley), for the year ending 31st December, 1881 : printed for use of the governors / Bridewell Royal Hospital and Bethlem Royal Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    No. 12. 1881. DIETARY TABLE—GIRLS—LONDON. Breakfast. Dinner. Supper. Bread. Butter. Cocoa. *Boiled Beef. 1 *Koast or Boiled Mutton. Vegetables. Plum or Batter Pudding. Baked Rice Pudding. Boiled Suet Pudding. fSoup. Cheese Bread. Butter. Bread. Cheese. Milk. oz. oz. pt. oz. oz. oz. oz. oz. oz. pt. oz. oz. oz. oz. oz. pt. Sunday.... 6 1 1 6 - 12 - - - - - 4 - 6 1! * Monday .. 6 1 1 - - - 8 Smr. - Wtr. 1 4 - 6 l£ £ Tuesday .. 6 1 1 - - 7 - 1 - 4 - 6 l£ 1 2 Wednesday 6 1 1 - 6 12 - - - - - 4 - 6 l£ Thursday.. 6 1 1 $> - - - - 8 - 1 4 - 6 11 a Friday .... 6 1 1 - 6 12 - - - - - 4 - 6 l£ £ Saturday.. 6 1 1 - - - 8 - - - - 4 1 6 H £ 42 7 7 6 12 36 16 7 8 1 2 28 1 42 10| 3£ Weekly Summary. Summer .. 112 1 8 7 18 36 16 7 8 - - - - 12£ 1 Winter — 112 1 8 7 18 36 16 - 8 1 - - - - 12£ Females—Solid Food per head, 209 oz. weekly, or 30 oz. per day, nearly. The Six Kitchen Girls have Tea and Bread and Butter daily at 4 o’clock. Twenty Laundry Girls have Tea and Bread and Butter on Monday and Tuesday. Three Mangling Girls have Tea daily. Christmas Day—7 oz. cooked Roast Beef, and a large Mince Pie each. New Year’s Day—Vlnm Pudding. 1 lb., and 7 oz. cooked Roast Beef. The Sick are dieted at the discretion of the Medical Officer. The Steward has liberty to vary the Diet occasionally by Fruit Pies, Fish, and Fruit, &c., when plentiful and good. The above to be considered maximum allowances, and all quantities unconsumed are to be taken in diminution of the next supply from the Stores. * Meat—Cooked, and free from bone. Occasionally Australian tinned meat, t Soup—Liquor from boiled meat, with meat added, a] id Scotch bar! ey, rice, herbs, &c.