Thirty-eighth annual report of the resident physician of the Belfast District Hospital for the Insane of the counties of Antrim and Down, and the county of the town of Carrickfergus : from 1st April, 1867, to 31st March, 1868.

  • Belfast District Hospital for the Insane.
Date:
1868
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Credit: Thirty-eighth annual report of the resident physician of the Belfast District Hospital for the Insane of the counties of Antrim and Down, and the county of the town of Carrickfergus : from 1st April, 1867, to 31st March, 1868. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DIETARY OF THE Rfast gisirixt Hospital for % Insane BREAKFAST. One quart stirabout (made with 8oz fine or 7oz coarse ) M meal and three-fourths of a pint mixed milk), J One-and-half pint stirabout and one half pint mixed ) pema]eg milk) «* *• •• •• •• •• • • ) Every Morning. DINNER. One half-pound loaf bread (or Bibs potatoes), 6oz. solid meat, and one pint soup, One half-pound loaf bread (or Bibs potatoes) and one quart soup (made with ox heads and bones cut out of meat, vegetables, oatmeal, barley, peas,&c., One half-pound loaf bread (or 31bs. potatoes), and one-aiid-half pint soup, Three-fourths of a pound loaf bread (or 3^1bs pota¬ toes) and one pint mixed milk, .. One half-pound loaf bread (or Bibs, potatoes) and one pint mixed milk, Males & 1 | 3 days Females. j \ i a-week. Males. 3 days | a-week. Females. i Males. 1 day Females. [ a-week. SUPPER. One half-pound loaf bread and three-fourths of a Males. lJXX±v ±. .. .. .. .. .. , [ Summer One half-pound loaf bread and one half-pint new j jnemajes [ 6 months milk, .. •• .. •• • • .. •. j j pint of new milk, le half-pound loai milk, .. .. .. .. - - - - - - , One quart stirabout and three-fourths of a pint j\|aies hbw rmllr new milk, One-and-half pint stirabout and one half-pint new milk,.. *• .. •• •• •. •• Winter Females. [6 mouth3 *** Patients who are actively employed are allowed a portion of flesh-meat in addi¬ tion to the soup, five instead of three days in the week. When the state of the patient’s health requires it, the diet is changed accordingly, and any other substituted that may be cunsidered requisite by the Medical Officers.