| Broth. pt.| .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
| Cheese. oz.| .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. |
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* On Sundays 1 pint of tea and 2-1/2 oz. of butter are given instead
of porridge.

The dietary of convict prisons, in which prisoners are all under long
sentence, is divided into a diet for convicts employed at hard labour
and a diet for convicts employed at sedentary, indoor and light
labour. It will be found set forth in the Blue-book mentioned above.
The sparest of all prison diets is called "punishment diet," and is
administered for offences against the internal discipline of the
prison. It is limited to a period of three days. It consists of 1 lb.
of bread and as much water as the prisoner chooses to drink.

In French prisons the dietary is nearly two pounds weight of bread,
with two meals of thin soup (breakfast and dinner) made from potatoes,
beans or other vegetables, and on two days a week made from meat. In
France the canteen system is in vogue, additional food, such as
sausages, cheese, fruit, &c., may be obtained by the prisoner,
according to the wages he receives for his labours. The dietary of
Austrian prisons is 1-1/2 lb. of bread daily, a dinner of soup on four
days of the week, and of meat on the other three days, with a supper
of soup or vegetable stew. Additional food can be purchased by the
prisoner out of his earnings.

These dietaries may be taken as more or less typical of the ordinary
prison fare in most civilized countries, though in some countries it
may err on the side of severity, as in Sweden, prisoners being given
only two meals a day, one at mid-day and one at seven p.m., porridge
or gruel being the principal element in both meals. On the other hand,
the prison dietaries of many of the United States prisons go to the
other extreme, fresh fish, green vegetables, even coffee and fruit,
figuring in the dietary.

Another class of dietary is that given to paupers. In England, until
1900, almost every individual workhouse had its own special dietary,
with the consequence that many erred on the side of scantiness and
unsuitability, while others were too lavish. By an order of the Local
Government Board of that year, acting on a report of a committee, all
inmates of workhouses, with the exception o