Interim report of the Prison Diets Committee.

  • Egypt. Wizārat al-Dākhilīyah. Prisons Department. Prison Diets Committee.
Date:
1917
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Credit: Interim report of the Prison Diets Committee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Bey | Taseet Biological Protein. y Calories. Cost. alue, : i Milliemes. Cc. 79°9 41°3 2 ,963°5 10° 245 78 grammes bread BELT GE GHEOPLOT © ce tec Ok 3:9 SST 5G 179°4 0°5325- 18'S Len Ge io) era eager eae amid Oe Ce del eum 3°6 2? 60°1 ()* 2092 87°4 44°88 3,.203°0 10° 9867 Reduction of cost on present diet = 15-413 — 10-9867 = 4-4263 milliemes. The diet almost exactly conforms to the scale adopted. ° It has the merit of simplicity as the actual alterations in the dietary, with the exception of the- extra quarter loaf, are very small. There are, however, objections to increasing the lentils, especially in summer ; the diet is also perhaps. somewhat monotonous and difficult to distribute, as regards its nitrogen, over the three meals. It is, how- ever, a diet which might be adopted without any reasonable fear of its being found insufficient ; it is,. therefore, introduced as the first proposal (No. ITI [1], Table TV). 2. The following diet would be in some ways more satisfactory, the protein having a higher biolo- gical value, there being more fat, in which the above diet is possibly somewhat deficient, and having: more variety. In the place of the extra lentils, cheese is introduced. The following are the essential details :— Protein. ead Calories. Cost. alue. Milliemes. C. 79°9 41°3 2,963°5 10° 245 78 vrammes bread Pid tn sid DS RN anh ah NG CORE em a 1°56 179°4 0° 53825 25 * GNEBSe Grp ee IAs eee LOR ds BS 3 3 49°4 O°8 S6°S8 45°36 cobs kee Lo 15 The diet would contain four grammes fat more than the first. Reduction in cost = 15-413 — 11-5775: == 3-8355 milliemes. . From the apparent reduction must be deducted in 1 and 2 0-294 milliemes, the difference in the price of 936 grammes wheat and millet bread. Then No. 1 would effect a reduction of 4:1523 milliemes. INOARE ais * ie SOE 3:5615 4 NoTE.—The above figures for the total cost of diet must be reduced by 0-06 milliemes. The price of salt 0-02 and dugqa ‘077 is not included. It is suggested that the cheese and extra bread should be given with the early morning meal. 3. In order to introduce more fat and provide a substitute for the cheese there appears to be no- reason why fil suddni (the ground nut, Arachis Hypogea) should not be taken advantage of. The following would be the details :— Biological Protein. Tax Calories. Cost. ~ Milliemes. Cc. 79°9 41°3 2, 963°O | 10° 24a2* 78 grammes bread napintas pa ass hat ee heN, aM Ks 8 hee Bre 1°56 174 0° 5325 25 e fal sudani BGR ee te 4°25 2°62 13727 0° 4342 88°5 45°48 3,280°6 | 11°2117 Reduction of cost on present diet = 15-413 — (11-2117 + 0-274) = 3-9273 milliemes.