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Includes undated late 19th century note on the diet of the lowest class of patients at the Retreat; undated details and printed material on the dietary scales for different classes at St Andrew's Hospital, Northampton, for comparison with those at Retreat; other notes on comparative details of expenses of housekeeping at asylums at Exeter, Perth, Morningside, Gloucester, 1901-2; typescript staff menu sheets from the North Riding Asylum at Clifton, 1930s; charts and calculations of cost of food per head at Retreat, Belle Vue and Throxenby Hall 1890s - 1900s; examples of Retreat dietaries; analyses of costs of housekeeping, provisions and specifically meat, 1877-8 and 1878-9, 1890s - 1900s; lists of stock of crockery 1904. There is also another copy of the typescript description of the duties of the Retreat Housekeeper c 1905, which includes duties relating to meals and dietary

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