/tab\Pauper
/tab\Diet
/tab\Soldier
/tab\3ioz.
/tab\Meat
/tab\12 oz.
/tab\15?? oz.
/tab\Bread
/tab\24 oz.
/tab\6 oz.
/tab\Vegetables
/tab\8 oz.

The adult male pauper gets meat (outside of
soup) but once a week, and the paupers " have
nearly all that pallid, pasty complexion which is the
sure mark of starvation."

Here is a table, comparing the workhouse pauper s
weekly allowance with the workhouse officer s
weekly allowance:

Officer
Diet
Pauper
7lb.
Bread
6f Ib.
Sib-
Meat
I Ib. 2 OZ.
12 OZ.
Bacon
2?? OZ.
8 oz.
Cheese
2 OZ.
7 lb.
Potatoes
i|lb.
61b.
Vegetables
none
i Ib.
Flour
none
2 OZ.
Lard
none
12 OZ.
Butter
7 oz.
none
Rice pudding
i Ib.

And as the same writer remarks: " The officer s
diet is still more liberal than the pauper s; but evi
dently it is not considered liberal enough, for a foot
note is added to the officer s table saying that a

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