“The ward diet of the Roosevelt Hospital, New York, is classified as follows: FULL DIET. “Daily.—Meat dressed, eight ounces; potatoes, eight ounces; bread, twelve ounces; butter, one ounce; sugar, two ounces and a half; milk, half-pint; coffee, half an ounce; tea, an eighth of an ounce. “On Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays other vegetables in addition to potatoes, two ounces; bread, rice or tapioca pudding. “On Mondays and Wednesdays, soup, one pint. “On Fridays, fish. “_Breakfast._—Coffee with sugar and milk, bread and butter, porridge of oatmeal, wheaten grits or samp. “_Dinner._—Sunday: Roast beef, tomatoes, potatoes or other vegetables, bread and bread pudding. Monday: Soup, boiled mutton, potatoes and bread. Tuesday: Corned beef, twelve ounces; cabbage or turnips, potatoes and bread. Wednesday: Soup, roast beef, potatoes and bread. Thursday: Soup, boiled beef, potatoes, onions, tapioca, sago, or farina pudding and bread. Friday: Fish, boiled or roast beef, potatoes, bread, boiled rice sweetened with sugar and milk and raisins. Saturday: Stew of mutton, potatoes and bread. “_Supper._—Tea with sugar and milk, bread and butter, baked apples or stewed pears or prunes or green or dried apple sauce, and on Sundays gingerbread varied alternate weeks with currant buns. HALF DIET. “Daily.—Meat dressed, four ounces; potatoes, four ounces; bread, six ounces; of other articles the same as in full diet. MILK DIET. “Daily.—Milk, two pints; bread, twelve ounces; rice or samp, two ounces; butter, one ounce. EXTRAS. “In addition to the above, the following extras may be ordered by the visiting physicians and surgeons: Beefsteak, chicken soup, gruel, beef tea, oysters or clams, cornstarch, mutton chops, milk, rice, chicken, eggs. “_Ward Dietary of the New York Infirmary for Women and Children, 1901._ “The following is a sample mid-summer diet from a smaller hospital having about seventy beds, in which attention is economically given to variety in food cookery, which would be impossible in a larger institution without incurring needless expense—Thompson. SUNDAY. “_Breakfast._—Full Diets: Hominy with milk, fish balls or creamed fish, brown bread or biscuit, coffee with milk and sugar, fresh fruit. Half Diets: Hominy with milk, toast, coffee, fresh fruit. “_Dinner._—Full Diets: Soup, bread, roast beef, sweet or white potatoes, spinach or egg plant, pudding. Half Diets: Clam broth, toast, chicken or beef jelly, rice or ice cream. “_Supper._—Full Diets: Pressed beef or cream salmon, bread and butter, cocoa. Half Diets: Indian meal porridge and milk, toast, cocoa, fruit. MONDAY. _“Breakfast._—Full Diets: Oatmeal and milk, bread and butter, poached eggs on toast, coffee with milk and sugar. Half Diets: Oatmeal, eggs on toast, coffee, fresh fruit. “_Dinner._—Full Diets: Soup, bread, roast lamb, spaghetti, tomatoes or lima beans, rice, prune or cottage pudding. Half Diets: Chicken broth, toast, spaghetti, rice pudding or cottage pudding.