§ Mr. Ogdenasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is one week's ration of food in Her Majesty's Prisons for an adult woman prisoner and an adult male prisoner, respectively.
§ Miss BaconThe following table gives the information:
Item Period Adult females Adult males Bread 1 day 12 oz. 1 lb.* Potatoes 1 day 14 oz. 1 lb. Bacon 1 week 5 oz. 5 oz. Barley 1 week 1½ oz. 1½ oz. Cheese 1 week 4 oz. 4 oz. Cocoa 1 week 1⅝ oz. 1⅝ oz. Cornflakes 1 week 1½ oz. — Custard Powder 1 week ½ oz. ½ oz. Dripping 1 week 4½ oz. 4½ oz. Extras 1 week 1s. 1d. 1s. 1d. Fish (Headless) 1 week 1 lb. 1 lb. Flour 1 week 1 lb. 1 lb. Fruit (Dried) 1 week 4 oz. 4 oz. Jam 1 week 3 oz. 3 oz. Marmalade 1 week 1 oz. 1 oz. Margarine 1 week 8¾ oz. 8¾ oz.* Preserved Meat 1 week 2 oz. 2 oz. Sausage Meat 1 week 6 oz. 6 oz. Milk 1 week 3½ pints 3½ pints Rolled Oats 1 week 7½ oz. 10½ oz.* Rice 1 week 1 oz. 1 oz. Semolina or Sago 1 week 2 oz. 2 oz. Sugar 1 week 16 oz. 16 oz. Syrup 1 week 2 oz. 2 oz. Tea 1 week 2 oz. 2 oz. Vinegar 1 week ⅔ oz. ⅔ oz. Vegetables Green 1 week 1 lb., 8 oz. 1 lb. 8 oz. Carrots 1 week 10 oz. 10 oz. Other Root Vegetables 1 week 4 oz. 4 oz. Peas, Marrow Fat 1 week 2½ oz. 3½ oz. Peas, Split 1 week 1½ oz. 1½ oz. Beans, Haricot 1 week 2 oz. 4 oz. Onions 1 week 3 oz. 3 oz. Meat 1 week A cash amount sufficient to purchase 1¾ lbs. * In central and regional prisons for men, where the physical demands made on prisoners are greater than in local prisons, the rations are: bread, 1 lb. 4 oz., margarine 12¼ oz., and rolled oats, 15¾ oz.
§ Mr. Ogdenasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is an average week's menu in Her Majesty's Prisons for an adult woman prisoner and an adult male prisoner, respectively.
§ Miss BaconThe following was a recent week's menu at Holloway prison for women:
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Breakfast Dinner Tea Supper Monday … Tea, Bread Roast Beef Tea, Bread Soup and Margarine Cabbage and Margarine Cocoa (daily) Mashed Potatoes (daily) Porridge Apple Tart Meat and Potato Sausage and Custard Savoury Tea Scone and Jam Tuesday … Apple Liver and Sausage Cheese Soup Onions, Beans, Bread Pudding Cocoa Mashed Potatoes Custard Sago Pudding Wednesday … Cornflakes Fried Fish Boiled Egg Soup and Milk Carrots Currant Bun Cocoa Bacon Mashed Potatoes Dates Steamed Ginger Pudding Syrup Thursday … Jam Mutton Chop Shepherds Pie Soup Cabbage, Onions Chipped Potatoes Cocoa Mashed Potatoes Rock Cake Semolina Pudding Friday … Boiled Egg Fried Fish Fried Sausage Soup Peas Spaghetti in Cocoa Mashed Potatoes Tomato Sauce Fruit Sponge and Custard Saturday … Cornflakes Roast Pork Corned Mutton Soup and Milk Stuffing Chipped Potatoes Cocoa Banana Mashed Swede Chocolate Cake Mashed Potatoes Rice Pudding Sunday … Marmalade Roast Beef Ham with Soup Yorkshire Pudding Scrambled Egg Cocoa Roast Potatoes on Fried Bread Cabbage Cake Apple Tart and Custard Tea The following was a recent week's menu at Pentonville prison for men:
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Breakfast Dinner Tea Supper Monday … Tea, Bread Soup, Bread Roll Tea, Bread Fruit Scone and Margarine Roast Beef and Margarine Cocoa (daily) Yorkshire Pudding (daily) Porridge Cabbage, Peas Fried Sausage Beans in Roast Potatoes Mashed Potatoes Tomato Sauce Sago Pudding Fried Bread Tuesday … Corned Mutton Soup, Bread Roll Fried Fish Bread Roll Jam Meat Pie Peas Cheese Cabbage, Beans Cocoa Mashed Potatoes Pineapple Blancmange with Cream Wednesday … Bacon Savoury Soup, Bread Roll Boiled Bacon Rock Cake Jam Roast Beef Pease Pudding Cocoa Cabbage Haricot Beans Roast Potatoes Syrup Pudding and Caramel Sauce Thursday … Fried Sausage Soup, Bread Roll Meat Pie Liver Paste Beans in Braised Liver Mashed Potatoes Cocoa Tomato Sauce Stuffing Cabbage and Mashed Swede Mashed Potatoes Mince Slice and Custard
Breakfast Dinner Tea Supper Friday … Bacon and Beans Soup, Bread Roll Cheese and Soup Fried Fish Beetroot Bread Roll Peas, Cabbage Fruit Bun Cocoa Mashed Potatoes Steamed Syrup Pudding Saturday … Bacon Savoury Soup, Bread Roll Savoury Sausage Rock Cake Jam Beef Stew and Beans Cocoa Dumplings Banana Cabbage and Carrots Mashed Potatoes Jam and Coconut Tart Tea Sunday … Boiled Egg Soup, Bread Roll Boiled Ham Cheese Marmalade Roast Beef Pease Pudding Roll Yorkshire Pudding Fruit Cake Cocoa Cabbage, Peas Orange Roast Potatoes Rice Pudding