308 AFFILIATED SOCIETIES 



CERTIFIED MILK FUND AND BABY HYGIENE COMMITTEE, 



CALIFORNIA BRANCH ASSOCIATION OF 



COLLEGIATE ALUMNAE, 



San Francisco 



The Committee was formed in 1908, for the purpose of securing 

 certified milk for the boarded out babies under the care of the Asso- 

 ciated Charities. Educational work among the foster mothers was 

 begun immediately. Medical care, with weekly clinics, was organized 

 by Dr. Adelaide Brown, and the services of a corps of physicians and 

 of a visiting nurse were secured. Each baby is under the special care 

 of one of the physicians and is brought to the clinic at least twice a 

 month for examination. The medical advice given to the foster 

 mother at the clinics is followed up by the work of the visiting nurse, 

 by whom the modification and care of milk are taught in the homes. 



One of the most interesting developments of the Baby Clinic Day 

 has been the establishment of neighborhood Baby Hygiene Centers, 

 for the benefit of young untrained mothers, who have come without 

 invitation to the clinics, to seek advice for their own babies. 



Number of babies on Certified Milk, Oct. lOOQ-Oct. 20, 1910 151 



Average attendance at Clinic, Mch. 3, igio-Oct. 13, 1910 17 



Average gain in weight per month, i Ib. tf/ 2 oz. 



Average gain in weight per week, 4 oz. 



CITY MORTALITY FOR YEAR ENDING JUNE 2O, 191O. 



Under one year 723 



Total number of deaths for year 6,518 



Infant mortality, per cent 1 1.09 



Mortality among babies under care of Committee, per cent 8 



CHILDREN'S AID ASSOCIATION, 



Indianapolis 

 Brief Statement Concerning Milk Work: of Season 191O 



Milk- Purchased in bulk from Springdale Farms at Fisher's Sta- 

 tion, Ind., at $3.25 per hundred weight on contract that milk should 

 never have bacterial count of more than 10,000 C. C. This cost of 

 $3.25 per hundred weight, plus ice, service and freight made the 

 cost per gallon approximately 42 cents. Total cost for the season 

 $2,002.58. 



Laboratory. Laboratory maintained at the farm under super- 

 vision of chemist, graduate of Purdue. Modifications were made on 

 prescription of the physician and distributed to specially sick babies. 

 Two thousand six hundred and sixty-six modifications were made 

 during the summer at a total cost of $460.05, making the average 

 cost of each modification .172. 



Stations. Five stations were maintained under the supervision 

 of five physicians. Three of the larger stations had a nurse each, 

 the other two stations were under the supervision of a nurse 

 with an assistant. Sickly babies were brought to the stations by 

 their mothers and examined by the physicians who made prescrip- 

 tions according to the needs of the babies. The examination of the 

 physician was repeated each week and such changes in the feedings 

 as were necessary were made. Some member of the family came each 

 morning to the station and got the milk for the babe. The nurse was 

 at the stations in the mornings to consult with and advise the 



