552 journal of AgnciiUitri . [lo Sept., X909. 



Supervision of Operations. — Durint; the whole of the period of 

 supply, the farm, the sto<-k, the milking methods, and the handling of milk 

 ha\-e been under the almost constant supervision of an Officer of the Dair\ 

 Supervision Branch of the Agricultural Department. During the early 

 weeks of the inauguration of the supply an Officer of the Board of Health 

 was continually in attendance while milking operations were being con- 

 ducted, and while the milk was l^eing prepared for transport. Later 

 on, it was found possible to moderate this rigid control, and the officers 

 concerned were onl\- required to be in attendance intermittently. On two- 

 separate occasions, for a period of a fortnight each, when special tests 

 were being carried out, a Dairv Supervisor from the Agricultural Dejxart- 

 ment, specially (jualified as regards the use of milking machines and the 

 handling of milk, was placed in complete charge of the operations on the 

 farm. The improved results, as regards wholesomeness of the milk, of 

 this expert control as compared with ordinary management will doubtless 

 be fu'ly indicated in the report of the Bacteriologist. 



Nurses' Reports for 190Q. 



No. I. 



From Januar\ until June, 1909, I visited each child who received the 

 milk (with the exception of two or three older children) at least once 

 weekly; those who were really "sick babies" I saw much oftener- — two 

 or three times weekly — and during the acute stages of their illness going 

 when possible every day, and in one or two cases twice daily. 



One lx)th heirs and reads a great deal of how present-dav parents- 

 neglect their children, but I have come across only one case of sheer, 

 callous neglect, and I have come to the conclusion that most of the seem- 

 ing neglect is due either to absolute ignorance or in many cases to ph\sical 

 incapacity on the part of the mothers. I think much might be done by 

 teaching these young mothers a few simple facts with regard to infant 

 feeding. And here I would like to say that I consider the small pamphlet 

 printe<l bv the L.T.INI.I. has done an inestimable amount of good, and if 

 I might \'enture to make the suggestion that shonld any new copies !)e 

 printed a short diet list for children from one to two \ears of age would 

 ()e a most helpful addition. 



It is among these older children only that 1 lia\>' fdund the milk has 

 not always been jnit to the uses it should, and 1 would adxise that each 

 case should be most carefully in(]uired into l:)efore being j'ut oui tf> Talbot 

 Milk. This, 1 think, applies esperialb' to those children over nine months 

 old. 



Again, it is worthy of consideration that one is fre(]uently told by the 

 poorest (and usually the proudest) of these mothers that for three months 

 ■before their babies were born they li\ed on dry bread and black tea. This 

 is no exaggeration whatever, and though, undoubtedh . the various benevo- 

 lent societies are doing exeellent work in (his din'ction. there is still \'er}' 

 much to be done. 



I believe that next year the deliverx of the milk is to !;<• undertaken 

 by different milkmen in the various sui)url)s. Should this be so, might 

 I offer the suggestion that at some central spot in each suburb a few 

 bottles of milk should be left daily, so that an accident such as the 

 breakage of a bottle, either 1)\ the deliverer or the recipient, could be 

 easily remedied. In spite of the many difficulties that always surfotmd a 

 new 'project, I think the L.T.M. Institute may ])e more than satisfied 



