DR. PHILIP VAN INGEN'S PAPER 



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which time it is expected that the mother will put 

 herself in touch with the milk station, and keep her 

 baby under supervision. 



As has been said, the object of this work is to 

 demonstrate what can be accomplished under existing 

 conditions. The New York Milk Committee was 

 instrumental in committing the city to the policy of 

 infant milk, or welfare, stations, by carrying on 

 such stations for a year, and submitting the results 

 to our financial authorities. New York now boasts 

 fifty-five such infant welfare stations under city control, 

 and we hope in another year to see the prenatal work 

 made a part of the welfare station programme. 

 Careful records have been kept in every case, and 

 up to the Jst of June of this year 1,819 women have 

 been cared for for at least two months of their 

 pregnancy. No cases where the supervision was 

 for less than two months are included. We judge 

 of our results by the number of stillbirths, the number 

 of babies dying during the first month of life, and 

 the ability of the mothers to nurse. These facts 

 are set forth below. 



Mothers supervised 

 Survived 

 Died . 



Number 

 1,817 

 2 



Total 



Babies 



Born alive 

 Stillborn 



Total 



Babies born alive 

 Survived first month 

 Died during first month 



Total 



Babies al've at end of first month 

 Nursed entirely 

 Nursed partially 

 Artificially fed 

 24 



Number 



J.779 

 68 



1,847 



Number 

 1,726 



53 



1,779 

 Numl^er 

 I,6lO 

 62 



54 



Percentage 

 99-89 

 O'H 



Per m. pregnancies 

 ... 963-I 

 36-9 



Per m. live births 

 .. 970-2 

 29-8 



Percentage 

 93'3 



3-6 

 3-1 



