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T'fie department of M^ncuffure. 



Vol. VII. Part 9. 



10th September, 1909. 



THE LADY TALBOT MILK INSTITUTE. 



First Annual Report, July, 1909. 



In presenting its first annual report, the Board of Management of the 

 Lady Talbot Milk Institute takes this opportunity of expressing its keen 

 appreciation of the valuable work done bv Ladv Talbot in originating 

 and financing this charity, which, coming as it does under the heading of 

 preventative rather than curative medicine, bids fair to lie one of the most 

 rational and, it is hoped, successful of all the charitable movements in 

 Mell)ourne. Lady Talbot's interest in all the charities of Melbourne will 

 never be forgotten, and this Institute, bearing her name, should, with the 

 assistance of the philanthrojiic public of Melbourne, serve as a li\ing 

 memento of her truly national spirit. 



The Lady Talbot Milk Institute was established after the manner of 

 the Gouttes de Lait in France, with the object of reducing the number of 

 deaths of infants in the citv and surrounding munici])al districts due to 

 milk poisoning in the summer months. It had been pointed out to Lady 

 Talbot, who had been making inquiries regarding the death rate of infants 

 of Melbourne, that a reliable milk supply made available to the poorest 

 in the community would lessen the death rate considerably. At her 

 instigation, the Council of the Victorian Branch of the British Medical 

 Association called a special meeting on 2nd May, 1908, to discuss the 

 causes of our high summer death rate amongst infants and the best means 

 of remedying it. Both Sir Reginald and Ladv Talbot were present at 

 the invitation of the Council, and the outcome of the meeting was the 

 establishment of the Institute. 



Subsequently a meeting of influential citizens and medical men was 

 called at State Government House, when the chief Charitable Trusts of 

 Mell)ourne promised, through their trustees present, a sum of jQ'iOO, and a 

 promise of Government sui)port was given. The main lines of action 

 having been formulated bv a [)rovisional committee of medical men, Mr. 

 F. A. Moule drafted a constitution for the proposed Institute, with the 

 kindlv assistance of Mr. Mitchell, K.C. A meeting of subscribers was 

 held at the Melbourne Town Hall on 24th June. 1908. with Lady Talbot 

 in the chair. The constitution was adopted, and the institution was 

 Jiamed the Lady Talbot Milk Institute. The constitution provided for a 

 Board of Management, and the following memlx-rs were elected by the 



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