ordered for each patient admitted to the hospital or to the infirm and
convalescent prisoners, shall be recorded on the bed-head tickets to
the case of patients in hospital and on the history tickets in the case
of prisoners or infirm and convalescent list, under the initials of the
Medical Officer.
Extra diet for nursing mothers:
Rule487. A nursing mother with a child admitted to prisons,
shall receive, in addition to the ordinary diet 467 Gr. of milk and 29
Gr. sugar daily.
This issue shall cease when the child is one year old.
Diet for the pregnant Womens:
Rule488. The Medical Officer shall pay special attention lo
the dietary of pregnant Women prisoners, and shall, for each such
prisoner, draw up a special diet scale to include milk, fresh
vegetables, fruit or any other article of diet. The quantities of these
shall be determined by him according to necessary. The quantities
shall not usually exceed the following scales:Milk
... 700 Gr.
Fresh fruit
... 233.
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Fresh vegetable ... 233
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Diet scale for children:
Rule489. (i) A child admitted to prison with his mother shall
receive according to age, one or other- of the following allowances
of food daily:(a) Under twelve months
Milk 467 Gr. sugar 29 Gr.
(b) Over twelve months and Milk 467 Gr. sugar 29 Gr.
upto 1-1/2 years.
Rice 117 Gr. dal 29 Gr. salt 10
Gr. ghee 12 Gr.
(ii) Extras when necessary shall be given as the Medical
Officer directs.
(iii) 117 Gr. fresh fruit thrice, weekly shall be issued to
all children above the age of one year.
Treatment of grain before grinding.
Rule490. -Wheat before being ground into flour should
be thoroughly cleaned and fresh from dirt, unsound or inedible
grains and any other deletrious substances. The flour shall be
sifted through a fine wire gauze with 22 to 25 holes to 2
CM.—5M.M.
Cleaning and winnowing loss:
Rule491. (i) The maximum loss allowed for cleaning,
winnowing and grinding the various grains and pulses is given
below:172