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RefNoAP/46/6
LevelFile
TitleUnpublished paper, 'Inquiries into the national dietary' by Edward Smith
DateApril 1864
DescriptionThe paper contains an abstract of the scientific results of an inquiry which Smith undertook for the Government into the exact dietary of large groups of the community, including agricultural labourers, cotton operatives, silk-weavers, needlewomen, shoemakers, stocking-weavers, and kidglovers. The inquiry extends to every county in England, to North and South Wales and Anglesey, to the West and North of Ireland, and to the West, North, and part of the South of Scotland. Includes printed tables showing the total weekly quantities of a variety of foods and substances consumed by families in counties across England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.

Preceded by a covering letter dated 27 April 1864.

Subject: Biology / Nutrition

Received 28 April 1864. Read 16 June 1864.

Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 13 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Inquiries into the national dietary'.
Extent49p
FormatManuscript
Printed
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1863.0065
RelatedRecordRR/5/247
RR/5/248
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA3680Smith; Edward (c 1818 - 1874)c 1818 - 1874
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