PRISON FOOD BILLS
i AND THE HIGH COST OV LIVING. The table given Mow is one set forth in the. Prisons Report for the year 191920.' It illustrates the way in which the ''cost of living" problem has affected the prisons' food bills of recent years, showing the average cost per head of prisoners' rations from 1909 to March 31, 1920:Total expenditure, Number of Cost per Year, ou rations. prisoners. head 1009 8,644 809.84 10.55 1910 9,322 901.73 10.33 1911 8,494 836.26 1015 1912 9,405 917.89 10.24 1918 9,754 893.24 " 10.91 1914 11,555 979.81 11 79 1915 15,099 1,008.12 14.97 1918-17 15,092 920.15 . 10.41 MS 15,522 941.11 16.64 1919 16,473 1,003.43 16 41 1920 ...... 17,294 965.07 17.93
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 21, 20 October 1920, Page 7
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117PRISON FOOD BILLS Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 21, 20 October 1920, Page 7
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