The workhouse and its medical officer / by Alfred Sheen.

  • Sheen, Alfred.
Date:
1890
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    him. The result of this is that if a pauper does not eat his allowance, part of it is wasted. Take bread tor instance : the pauper gets his proper quantity, but, il he cannot eat it, he will take care to pull it about so that it cannot be used for anyone else, and it goes to the pigs. Such waste would not be allowed for one day in a well-ordered private house, then why should it be permitted in a rate-supported workhouse'? There ought to be some way of remedying this. In the sick wards it need not be difficult to prevent this waste, especially where there is a hospital with a proper staff of paid nurses. The waste is chiefly in bread and potatoes. These might be supplied in bulk to eacli ward, according to the requisitions, and served out to the patients just as they would be in a private house, no patient being permitted to have more than his allowance, unless there he some to spare. Any left after the meal would then be intact and could be accounted for and subsequently used for making bread pudding, potato hash, etc. Good Cooking is of the utmost importance, and is all the more necessary because the food is limited in quantity and sometimes not of the best quality. If the food is not properly cooked its nutritive value is much lessened, and the food is thus to some extent practically wasted. The “cook should be a skilled person, and, if possible, trained in an Institution similar to the cheap dining halls of Glasgow and