Prison Diet
Improved diet introduced in 1833 following cholera epidemic.
| Breakfast | Dinner | Supper | |
| Sunday | 1 quart of oatmeal and 1½ lb of bread. | 5 oz. Of boiled beef, ½ lb of mashed potatoes or other vegetables | 1 pint of broth thickened with oatmeal and ½ lb of bread |
| Monday | As Sunday | ½ lb of boiled rice in a solid state, seasoned with all-spice, and ½ lb of bread | 1 pint of oatmeal porridge and ½ lb of bread |
| Tuesday | As Sunday | 1 quart of porridge thickened with 1 ¼ oz of oatmeal and 3 oz of flour and ½ lb of bread | As Monday |
| Wednesday | As Sunday | As Sunday | As Sunday |
| Thursday | As Sunday | As Tuesday | As Monday |
| Friday | As Sunday | 1 pint of ox-head soup thickened with peas | As Monday |
| Saturday | As Sunday | 1 quart of porridge thickened with ground rice and oatmeal, and ½ lb of bread | As Monday |
Women and boys under 16 to be allowed only 1 lb of bread daily |
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Diet in 1863 (per week)
| Prison term | Cereal | Vegetables | Meat | Total |
| Up to 10 days | 140 oz | 0 | 0 | 140 oz |
| 10 days to 1 month | 164 oz | 36 oz | 0 | 200 oz |
| Long term (over 1 month) | ||||
| 1st month | 182 oz | 60 oz | 8 oz | 250 oz |
| 2nd and 3rd months | 188 oz | 68 oz | 10 oz | 266 oz |
| 4th month onwards | 200 oz | 104 oz | 16 oz | 320 oz |
| Cereal consists of bread, oatmeal, 2 oz to each pint of gruel, flour used in puddings or soup and peas used in soup | Vegetables are mainly potatoes and onions | Meat is cold or in soup | ||
| Punishment diet is bread and water for 3 days, or reduced rations as above. | ||||
Sample modern diet (one day)
| Breakfast | Dinner | Tea | Supper |
| Porridge, bacon or hash browns, spaghetti, jam, margarine. | Soup, French bread, rolls, ham, egg, mayonnaise, cheese, cream sponge. | Breaded fish, Mushy peas, chips, bread, margarine. | Cake or fruit |
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