1 ounce pineapple juice (fresh or bottled)

or

Apple sauce.

(2) A cereal such as oatmeal, farina, cream of wheat, hominy or rice, slightly sweetened or salted as preferred, with the addition of top milk (top 16 ounces)

or

A soft boiled or poached egg with stale bread or toast.

(3) A gla.s.s of milk.

Note: If constipated give the fruit hour before breakfast with water; if not, they may be given during the forenoon.

Milk and raw fruit juice must not be given at same meal.

DINNER.

(1) Broth or soup made of chicken, mutton or beef, thickened with arrowroot, split peas, rice, or with addition of the yolk of an egg or toast squares.

(2) Sc.r.a.ped beef or white meat of chicken, or broiled fish (small amount)

or

Mashed or baked potatoes with fresh peas or spinach or carrots.

(3) Dessert: apple sauce, baked apple, rice pudding, junket or custard.

SUPPER.

(1) A cereal or egg (if egg is not taken with breakfast) with stale bread or toast

or

Bread and milk or bread and cocoa or bread and custard.

(2) Stewed fruit.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

CITY OF NEW YORK

DIET FOR CHILD FROM THREE TO SIX YEARS

BREAKFAST.

(1) Fruits: an orange, apple, pear or stewed prunes.

(2) Cereal: oatmeal, hominy, rice or wheat preparations, well cooked and salted, with thin cream and sugar

or

Egg: soft boiled, poached, omelet or scrambled.

(3) Milk or cocoa.

DINNER.

(1) Soup: beef, chicken or mutton.

(2) Meat: chicken or beefsteak or roast beef or lamb chops or fish.

(3) Vegetables: spinach or carrots or string beans, peas, cauliflower tops, mashed or baked potatoes, beets or lettuce (without vinegar)

Macaroni, spaghetti.

Bread and b.u.t.ter--not fresh bread or rolls.

(4) Dessert: custard, rice or bread or tapioca pudding, ice cream (once a week) cornstarch pudding (chocolate or other flavor) stewed prunes or baked apple.

SUPPER.

(1) Milk toast or graham crackers and milk

or

A thick soup, as pea, or cream of celery with bread and b.u.t.ter

or

A cereal and thin cream with bread and b.u.t.ter.

(2) Stewed fruit; custard or plain pudding; jam or jelly.

GLOSSARY

(For complete definitions of the following words the student is referred to general and scientific dictionaries)

A

ANTISEPTIC.--A substance which prevents or hinders the growth of micro-organisms.