The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-21

NO large RTdIt OF gross "d8tc IL
been discovered in this department In
stances of petty graft and waste. how.
ever. have been unearthed, e. g.. there
was a leakage in the storeroom OF one
Of the hospitals directly connected with
a private boarding house operated by
an employee who has now left the SER
vice. A man was caught carting
away barrels the contents OF which had
been weighed In as bones when they
really contained grease for the former
the department receives u cent a pound
and for the latter 6S cents. The cook
In another institution was caught with
supplies consisting of dressed chickens.
oysters, celery and other articles in his
private closet, which he undoubtedly
intended to take home. Both of these
employees have been dismissed from
the service at the special instance OF
the Commissioner.
The report further states that study
of the per capita meat consumption OF
the families of heads of institutions re-
vealed the fact that II was not unusual
for families to receive from the store
house an average of three pounds OF
meat per capita per day and in some in
stances it ran as high as four pounds
per capita per day.
This situation has been met by the
Commissioner WHO Immediately as
signed the departmental dietitian to
standardize the quantity OF food to be
allowed for the families of the institu-
tional heads OF the department. AS a
result Of this study, while the per capita
meat per person per diem was formerly
three pounds or more. this allowance
has now been reduced to an average OF
] no ne
diem for any Of the employees.
Better balanced dietaries, affording
wholesome variety of food, have been
established in all the institutions OF the
department. Mayor Mitchell Is particu-
| larly Interested In this matter and has
conferred on numerous occasions with
| Commissioner kingsbury on this sub
| ject The plan which has been devised
provides for an entirely new dietary
without exceeding the daily per capita
cost limits established by the 1914 bud
! get. 1t has been made uniform for the
different classes of inmates and en-
| ployees throughout the institution. The
| dietary has doubled the daily allowances
/ OF butter; 1t provides for milk and sugar
for cereals. Children and tubercular
( patients are given chicken once week
| and cocoa every morning, and the meat
allowance for the latter has been In
creased from eight to eighteen ounces
per day. Stew. which was served daily
| and was the chief part of the dietary,
| Ia now served but once a week and in
its place during the other six days
roasts and boiled meats have been sub
stituted. The new dietary covers .
period of two weeks instead of one al
| formerly, which makes 1t improbable
! that the patients and inmates will no
longer complain that it is monbtonous.
The amount Of protein and the number
! of calories in the food allowance have
been carefully figured out and have
been found to provide ample. nourlsh-
ment.
Commissioner King sbury further
states:
| 1.-THE quarters for storing and pre-
pairing food in many of the institutions
which were found in a filthy condition
have been put in sanitary and attrac-
tive condition; apparently the amount
of fats to be sold will be trebled as
result OF the new system for cutting ana
trimming meats; better cutting of meat
will cause material saving; close check
ing uDOn food consumption mas Dtrn