Table 38—-DIET SAMPLING SURVEYS CONDUCTED OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES
1. PHILLIPINE ISLANDS (J. A. Scharffenberg, M. D., Interdepartmental Committee on Nutrition
for National Defense)
Food (Samples pooled and remilked)
Collection
dates, 1957
Origin
2/12—2/14
2/19—2/20
2/25—2/26
2/28
Ft. Wm. McKinley
Nichols Air Base
7.1
8.2
=0.4
=0.4
Ordnance Maintenance Co.,
9.7
=0.4
=0.6
Camp Ord. Tarlac
82nd P. C. Co., Jolo
5.4
=0.4
84th P. C. Co., Jolo
8.3
Ordnance Co. TI MA, Cebu City
6.4
=0.7
=0.4
3/4-—3/5
3/4—3/5
3/9, 3/11,
3/12
3/20, 3/21
3/20, 3/21
3/25, 3/26
3/25, 3/26
Ca in Ash, %
2nd ECB, Nueva Ecjia
5.4
Signal Service Bn. Diliman QC
4,8
Medical Detatchment Q.C.,
Vv. Lana Gen.
Medical Detatchment Q.C.,
V. Luna Gen.
6.3
Sr°°/g Ca, uye
<3
=3
<4
=0.4
0.8 + 0.6
0.8
6.6
Signal Service Bn. Diliman QC
Dis /min
11+8
4.8
Urine (Samples, pooled and remilked)
at|
No. of
Area
Ft. McKinley, Manila, V. Luna
Hospital, Constabrilaz HQ.
composited
specimens
volume,
liters
70
2.1
Laur, Cabanatuan, Munez, Tarlac,
104
Jolo, Cagazan de Oro, Cebu City,
Bacold, Tadoban
130
Pampanga (C. Luzon)
Nichol’s Field, Cavite Naval Base,
Camp Diliman, Laguna Dinalupihan
Total
Sr*?
Dis/min/s
dis/min/liter
3.421.0
0.47 + 0.14
1.86
00.
120
1.7
1,53
2. LIBYA (Arnold E. Schaefer, Executive Director, Interdepartmental Committee of
Nutrition for National Defense)
Food (Composition of the ration consumed by the Libyan armed forces and provincial police)
Collection
date, 1957
Man’s
Area
daily intake, %
7/3
Tripoli, Tripolitania
Zaria, Tripolitania
20
1/22
7/24
Bengazi, Cyrenaica
Bengazi, Cyrenaica
Sussa, Cyrenaica
Sebha, Fezzan*
8/9
Total wet
weight, g
Total Ca, ¢
781
648
=0.10
=0.10
513
20
20
662
664
£0.15
=0.10
=0.10
20
20
788
820
=0.10
20 (of two mandays rations)
=0.10
Dis/min/s
1.30
6.52
4.50
3.00
1.09
+
+
+
+
+
1.46 + 0.63
2.15 + 0.33
*Fezzan samples obtained from troops ~600—700 miles south of the Mediterranean. The remaining
samples represent a fairly narrow band of area along the Mediterranean.
92
0.62
0.48
0.44
0.43
0.41