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(iii) Sixteen Ooriya prisoners observed for twelve consecutive days, aver-
age weight of fresh fæces per man daily 14.1 ozs.
(iv) Four prisoners observed for eleven consecutive days, average weight
of fresh fæces per man daily 14.4 ozs.
Therefore an average of—
| 5 × 17= 85 | 14 | ozs. | |||||||||
| 20 × 14=280 | 15.2 | „ | |||||||||
| 16 × 12=192 | 14.1 | „ | |||||||||
| 4 × 11= 44 | 14.4 | „ | |||||||||
| Total of 601 observations gives an average of 14.6 ozs. of fresh fæces passed per man daily. |
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These observations were made only when the prisoners were on the (practi-
cally) full Lower Bengal jail diet.
(b) When the amount of rice was reduced to half the ordinary quantity the
weight of the fæces passed fell very considerably.
Thus—
(i) Four Ooriya prisoners observed for eleven consecutive days, average
weight of fresh fæces per man daily 10 ozs.
(ii) This fall on decreasing the amount of rice is further shown in the
following:—
| Four Ooriya prisoners observed for five consecutive days. | ||||||||
| DIET— | ||||||||
| Country rice | 26 | ozs. | Fresh fæces 12 ozs. per man daily. | |||||
| Arhar dal | 3 | „ | ||||||
| Vegetables | 6 | „ | ||||||
| Goat's flesh | 4 | „ | ||||||
| The same four prisoners observed for six consecutive days. | ||||||||
| DIET— | ||||||||
| Country rice | 13 | ozs. | Fresh fæces 6.7 ozs. per man daily. | |||||
| Gram dal | 3 | „ | ||||||
| Vegetables | 6 | „ | ||||||
| Goat's flesh and fish | 5 | „ | ||||||
(c) The quantity of fæces passed in diets of the Behari type—
(i) Thirty Behari prisoners under observation for a total of eighty-seven
days—
| DIET— | ||||||||
| Country rice | 16 | ozs. | Fresh fæces 18.56 ozs. per man daily. | |||||
| Different dals | 6 | „ | ||||||
| Wheat ata | 10 | „ | ||||||
| Vegetables | 6 | „ | ||||||
This is decidedly higher than with the Lower Bengal jail type of diet.
(ii) This is also brought out in the case of Ooriyas when the ordinary amount
of 26 ozs. of rice was reduced by half and wheat ata given instead.