Social_Welfare_Annual_Report_1956-1957 — Page 52

APPENDIX XIII

RELIEF SECTION

Scale and Cost of Ration Per Head Per Day on 31st March, 1957

(See Paragraphs 100 - 104)

Dry Ration

(Happy Valley Centre and

Yaumati Centre)

Welfare Centres

Meat, Fish and

2 Nos. B Type

Vegetables....

Rice

diet (14 oz.)

$0.30

12 oz.

0.208

B Type (7 oz.)

6 oz.

$0.15

0.104

Tea

1/12 oz.

0.008

1/24 oz.

0.004

Peanut Oil

1/2 oz.

0.032

1/4 oz.

0.016

Salt

1 oz.

0.003

1/12 oz.

0.001

Fire-wood

32 oz.

0.104

Diesoline

14 gal. per day

0.008

for 1,418 diets

Cost of one dry

ration...

Cost per meal

$0.66

per person..

$0.28

North Point Camp

Morrison Hill Relief Camp

Meat, Fish and

2 Nos. B Type

Vegetables.

A Type (19 oz.)

$0.68

diet (14 oz.)

$0.30

Rice

15 oz.

0.26

12 oz.

0.208

Tea

Peanut Oil Salt

1/8 oz.

1 oz.

0.01

1/12 oz.

0.008

0.06

1/2 oz.

0.032

Fire-wood

1/4 oz.

32 oz.

0.001

1/6 oz.

0.001

0.104

Diesoline

3.5 gal. per day

0.011

for 264 diets

Cost per head

per day

Cost per head

$1.12

per day.

$0.56

Remand Home

Shanghai Street Children's Centre

Meat, Fish and

Vegetables..

A Type (19 oz.)

$0.68

A Type (19 oz.)

$0.68

Rice

17 oz.

0.295

15 oz.

0.26

Tea

Peanut Oil

Salt

1/8 oz.

1 oz.

1/4 oz.

0.01

0.06

1 02.

0.06

0.001

1/4 oz.

0.001

Sugar

1 oz.

0.02

1 oz.

0.02

Kerosene

11 gal. per day

0.064

for 30 diets

Cost per head

Cost

per

head

per day...........

$1.13

per day..........

$1.02

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