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each case the amount of food which will produce 

 this number of calories and the actual price that 

 must be paid for these quantities. 



TABLE A. To SHOW DAILY AND WEEKLY COST OF FEEDING INFANTS 

 ON VARIOUS CLASSES OF FOOD. 



In columns A and B the cost is estimated on retail prices; in columns C and 

 D on the cost to institutions buying in bulk. 



An examination of the above table shows that the 

 most expensive foods are whey and proprietary food 

 No. 2. To feed a baby for one week on these foods 

 costs 45. 1 1 id. and 45. 8d. respectively. The same 

 baby may be fed on full cream desiccated milk for 

 is. lofd. per week, or cow's milk modified to the 

 standard of human milk for 2s. ojd , or on separated 

 dried milk modified to the human standard with added 

 Marylebone cream and loaf sugar for is. 2d. These 

 costs are based on retail prices, but if the same 

 foods are bought in bulk, as hospitals and other 

 institutions are in a position to do, the economical 

 advantage of separated dried milk over other methods 

 of feeding is still more strikingly borne out. The 

 cost to institutions of feeding a baby on separated 



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