Books with title Horæ Subsecivæ, Volume 3

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 Excerpt: ...the school, while engaged in preparing his work on scrofula for publication, he found the boys lower in point of physique than almost any school he had examined, even including those of the workhouses. After a care ful examination of the dietaries of almost all the principal schools established for children in England and Scotland, I prepared a scale of diet, which was sanctioned by the Commissioners in December 1848, and, with a few slight modifications, is now in use at the asylum. The chief points I kept in view were, to give a sufficient amount of food in varied and palatable forms, and without long intervals of fasting. The following are the old and the present scales of dietaries:--ROYAL MILITARY ASYLUM, CHELSEA 'Diet Table Of The Boys Of The Asylum In 1848. Children under eight years of age have 8 oz. of meat instead of zx or. tnd 4 oz. of bread instead of 5 oz i»iET Table Of The Boys Of The Asylum In July 1857 Children under eight to have 4 oz. of meat instead of 6 1 'Did the improvement in the dietary greatly increase its costl--On the contrary, it saved nearly 300 a year in the feeding of the establishment. By introducing a greater variety, the boys took the whole of their food with relish, and I was able to get them into good condition by distributing the same amount of meat over seven days that they previously had in four. 'Were the results satisfactory--The results were far beyond my expectation. Comparing the sickness and mortality in the establishment for the ten years previous to my appointment, and for the eight years and a half that have passed since these alterations were introduced, I find that the sickness has been reduced by about one-third, and the annual mortality has fallen from 97 per 1000 of the strength on the average of ten...

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