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Pauper	Diet	Soldier
31/4 oz.	Meat	12 oz.
151/2 oz.	Bread	24 oz.
6 oz.	Vegetables	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
7 lb.	Bread	63/4 lb.
5 lb.	Meat	1 lb.	2 oz.
12 oz.	Bacon	21/2 oz.
8 oz.	Cheese	2 oz.
7 lb.	Potatoes	11/2 lb.
6 lb.	Vegetables	none
1 lb.	Flour	none
2 oz.	Lard	none
12 oz.	Butter	7 oz.
none	Rice pudding	1 lb.

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