A children’s dietary showing how much food and drink that children were to be given in the workhouse at Cardiff. 15th July 1855, Catalogue ref: MH 12/16250
Poor Law Union: Cardiff
Union counties: Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire
Transcript
Diet for children as recommended by the Medical Officer of the Workhouse
| Breakfast | Dinner | Supper | ||||||||
| Bread | Diluted Milk | Fresh Cooked Meat | Rice | Rice and Treacle | Suet Pudding | Bread | Cheese | Broth | ||
| oz | Pints | oz | oz | oz | oz | oz | oz | Pints | ||
| Sunday | Children from 9 to 15 years of age | 5 | 1 ½ | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 1/2 | |||
| “ from 2 to 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Monday | Children from 9 to 15 | 5 | 1 ½ | 14 | 5 | 2 | ||||
| “ from 2 to 9 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 1 1/2 | |||||
| Tuesday | Children from 9 to 15 | 5 | 1 ½ | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 1/2 | |||
| “ from 2 to 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Wednesday | Children from 9 to 15 | 5 | 1 ½ | 12 | 5 | 2 | ||||
| “ from 2 to 9 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 1/2 | |||||
| Thursday | Children from 9 to 15 | 5 | 1 ½ | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 1/2 | |||
| “ from 2 to 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Friday | Children from 9 to 15 | 5 | 1 ½ | 14 | 5 | 2 | ||||
| “ from 2 to 9 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 1 1/2 | |||||
| Saturday | Children from 9 to 15 | 5 | 1 ½ | 12 | 5 | 2 | ||||
| 4 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 1/2 | ||||||
| A good supply of cabbage in addition[…] | ||||||||||