Annual report of the Director, Medical & Health Department / Colony of Mauritius.

  • Mauritius. Medical and Health Department
Date:
[1937]
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Credit: Annual report of the Director, Medical & Health Department / Colony of Mauritius. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    APPENDIX XIII. PRISONERS REVISED SCALE OF RATIONS. Articles of Diet Beef(2) Tripe(4)§ Salt Fish(5) Bread Rice or Maize(6) Dholl, Lentils, or Beans Green Bredes Pot Herbs Pistachio Oil Curry Stuff Sugar (8) Beef(2) Tripe(4)§ Salt Eish(5)§ Bread Rice or Maize(6) Dholl, Lentils or Beans Green Bredes Pot Herbs Pistachio Oil Curry Stuff Sugar(s) A.—Normal Diet. Scale I Convicted prisoners per¬ forming hard manual labour, including stone breaking, road making or other public works or employed workshops. in the Breakfast Dinner Grammes Grammes _ 75 40 .. — 250 ... ‘250 75 75 50 50 50 50 10 10 — 1 — 5(i B.—Special D.iet(]) -— 90(3) — 100(3) 40 -— 100 100 125 125 7 5 75 50 ... 50 5() 50 10 10 50 Scale II Convicted prisoners performing light or no work, and unconvicted pri* soners. Breakfast Dinner Grammes Grammes 60 40 ... — • • • 225 225 75 ... 75 50 ... 50 50 ... 50 10 ... 10 — 1 —— 50 — 60 ioo ..! 100 125 ... 125 75 75 50 ... 50 50 ... 50 10 ... 10 . _ 50 NOTE. the weights are those of the uncooked ration on issue. Salt shall be added in sufficient quantity in cooking all diets: Tea or coffee may, at the discretion of the Medical Officer be issued before the commencement of the day’s work to prisoners who are working in unhealthy places. (1) European prisoners or prisoners for whom the diet specially ordered by the Medical Officer of the Prison. (2) The weight is that of the uncooked ration, free from bone. (3) Beef to lie issued on two days in flic week and tripe four days in the week. (1) Tn the case of prisoners prohibited by religious, race or caste prejudices from eating tripe, pulse may be substituted for tripe in the ratio of 25 grammes of dholl, lentils or beans on days for which GO grammes of tripe are' appointed and 30 grammes on days for which 75 grammes of tripe are appointed. (o) Snook or Cod (petite morue rouge) or Ling (morue blanche) or Poission des Ties (weight being increased by 15%).