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Credit: The theory and practice of hygiene : (Notter and Firth). Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![contents of all casks of wet provisions among such surplus stores. The requisite condition of beef, pork, preserved meats and vegetables, vegetables in tins, flour and biscuits is defined. Briefly stated, animal food is to be sweet and properly packed and pickled in pickle of full strength.; vegetables are to be sound and fresh, properly preserved, and in strong and suitable tins. Flour is to be of fine grade, milled from fully matured, good sound wheat, containing a proper proportion of nutritious matter, and packed in suitable casks or tanks. Biscuits are to be thoroughly baked and dried and made of fully matured wheat-flour. When stored in tanks, these are to be thoroughly cleansed, lined with fresh lime and dried before being refilled. The water left- in the ship's tanks from a former voyage must all be completely emptied, and the tanks thoroughly cleansed and refilled with good fresh water. A noticeable defect on board many merchant vessels is the want of proper places in which to store provisions ; the result being that they are often exposed to unwholesome exhalations. It is not at all unusual to find on some vessels that the bread store opens into the crew's quarters, or that portions of the crew's food are kept in the forecastle. Such arrangements are obviously in violation of all sanitary teaching, and need not only official condemnation but legislative prohibition. Weekly Allowance per Statute Adult. Scale A. For Voyages not Exceeding 84 Days in Sailing-ships or 50 Days in Steamers. Scale B. For Voyages Exceeding 84 Days in Sailing-ships or 50 Days in Steamers. lb. oz. lb. oz. Bread or biscuit 3 8 3 8 Wheaten flour 1 0 2 0 Oatmeal .... 1 8 1 0 Rice . . . . . 1 8 0 8 Peas ..... 1 8 1 8 Potatoes . . . 2 0 2 0 Beef ^ 1 4 1 4 Pork] ' 1 0 1 0 Tea 1 0 2 0 2 Sugar . 1 0 1 0 Mustard 0 Oi 0 01 Black or white pepper, ground 0 Oi 0 Oi Vinegar .... One gill. One g ill. Lime-juice .... 0 6 Preserved meat 1 0 Suet 0 6 Raisins .... 0 8 Butter .... 0 4 Salt 0 2 0 2 1 lb. preserved meat = 1 lb. flour, bread, or biscuit or ^ lb. 'beef \ _ or pork / ~~ 1 lb. rice = I lb. preserved potatoes 10 ounces currants S^; ounces cocoa or coffee f lb. treacle 1 gill mixed pickles Scale of Substitutes. 1 lb. salt beef or pork. lb. oatmeal or 1 lb. rice or 1 lb. peas. = lb. oatmeal. = 1 lb. potatoes. = 8 ounces raisins. ' = 2 ounces tea. = ^ lb. sugar. = 1 gill vinegar. In some small ships, particularly coasters, a system prevails of giving pay in lieu of food ; this is bad, inasmuch as the men have neither proper storage](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21982120_1032.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
