HKRMAN SCHWARZ, M. D. 



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TABLE V 



RESULTS OP BREAST FEEDING IN AMERICAN MOTHERS UNDER 



CLINIC RULE 



Of 10 women who nursed a previous child months 



Of 10 women who nursed a previous child 1 month 



2 months under clinic supervision 



O 



4 

 5 

 6 

 8 



12 



Of 6 women who nursed 

 1 

 1 



1 " " 



1 

 2 



previous child 2 months 



under clinic supervision 



6 



8 



12 



Of 2 women, who nursed a previous child 5 months 



1 " 8 " under clinic supervision 



1 " " 10 



Of 6 women who nursed a previous child 3 months 



3 " 4 " under clinic supervision 



v 



As will be seen in the above tables 207 women have been 

 induced to nurse a child for a longer period while under the 

 supervision of the clinic than they did a previous child. This 

 excellent result has one very obvious criticism, which I take 

 upon myself to make that some of these previous children were 

 the first born and, therefore, the second born might often nurse 

 for a longer period than the former. 



I need hardly go into the importance of breast feeding- as a 

 factor in the conservation of infant life. Yet I should like to 

 refer to Langstein's statistics for Berlin during the year 1906*, 

 which show the great difference in the mortality of infants fed 

 on woman's milk and those on animal's milk. 



*Festschrift zur Eroffnung des Kaiserin Auguste Victoria-Hauses Zur Bekamp- 

 fung der Sauglingsterblichkeit im Deutschen Reiche. 



