[Report 1924] / School Medical Officer of Health, Lowestoft Borough.

  • Lowestoft (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1924
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Credit: [Report 1924] / School Medical Officer of Health, Lowestoft Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DINNER (Thursday). Irish Stew. (Same as for Tuesday). DINNER. (Friday). Brown Stew and Savoury Balls. Cost per child—3d. to 3Jd. Sufficient for 23 to 30 mixed children. Time—2J hours. Stew. 4 lbs. Stewing Beef 4 lbs. Haricot Beans ... 16 small onions 8 ozs. Flour [ 4 ozs. Dripping * Savoury Balls. 2 lbs. Flour ... 1 lb. Suet 2 teaspoonfuls Baking-powder i Few mixed herbs '' ■* 3s, 4d. lOd. 6d. 2d. Total 4/10d 6d. Is, 0d. 2d. Cold water to mix Total Cost— 6/6d. Total—1 /8d. Cooking Utensils Necessary■— £ s. d. Valor Perfection Oil Cooking Stove (2 burners) ... ... ... 430 Two 3-gall. Boilers ... ... ... 180 Large Col lander ... ... ... 46 Enamel Bowl ... ... ... 26 Cook’s Knife ... ... ... 20 £6 0 0 From the above items it is seen that for the small outlay of £6 necessary for obtaining the utensils, dinners could quite easily be prepared and provided for children for the small sum of 3d. per head. Mrs. Webb informs me that the preparation of the above meals requires very little skill and attention, and any caretaker’s wife could prepare same without very much trouble, especially if two of the older girls were to help her in the cutting up of the vegetables. There is no doubt that the children who partook of these meals would derive great benefit from them ; moreover, if the senior girls took turns at the cooking preparations they would gain some small knowledge of cooking simple but valuable foodstuffs. I would like to add that if vegetables could be purchased from surrounding gardens the cost of these would be almost halved.