Prisons (rules for convict prisons) : draft of rules proposed to be made by the Secretary of State for the Home Department under the Prison Act, 1898, with regard to the dietary of convicts : presented in pursuance of Act 61 & 62 Vic., cap. 41, s. 2(2) / Chas. T. Ritchie.

  • Great Britain. Home Office.
Date:
1901
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Credit: Prisons (rules for convict prisons) : draft of rules proposed to be made by the Secretary of State for the Home Department under the Prison Act, 1898, with regard to the dietary of convicts : presented in pursuance of Act 61 & 62 Vic., cap. 41, s. 2(2) / Chas. T. Ritchie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    \ 5 DIET E. For MALE Convicts after period of separate confinement when employed at certain prescribed forms of Labour. Breakfast Daily : * : J Bread ... 8 oz. Butter or Margarine* I » Porridge 1 pint. r Sunday : Bread ,, 8 oz. Potatoes 16 „ * Cooked meat preserved by heat 6 „ Monday : Bread 8 oz. Potatoes ... 16 „ Beans ••• / ••• • •• 12 „ Fat Bacon 2 „ Tuesday : Bieacl • • • ••• ••• 8 oz. Potatoes 16 „ Cooked Mutton, without bone 6 „ Wednesday : Dinner ... ^ Bread ... •. 8 oz. Potatoes ••• ••• ••• 16 „ Pea Soap (Pork) 1 pint. « Thursday : Bread ... 8 oz. Potatoes 16 „ Cooked Beef, without bone ... 6 „ Friday : Bread 8 oz. Potatoes i6 „ Vegetable Soup (Beef) 1 pint. Saturday : Bread 8 oz. Potatoes 16 „ - Suet Pudding 16 „ Supper Daily : Bread 12 oz. Cocoa ••• ••• ••• ••• 1 pint. Wednesday and Friday : Cheese ••• ••• ••• ••• 2 oz. * Butter or margarine to be given for six months in the year, October to March (inclusive). During the remaining months, April to September (inclusive), milk, | pint for each convict, to be substituted for butter or margarine, and to be given in the form of milk porridge. A convict on attaining the third stage may have 1 pint of tea and 2 oz.