464 



CITY MILK SUPPLY 



had all the babies been breast-fed nearly 1,000 babies would have been saved 

 and the death rate instead of being 127 would have been 71, which is comparable 

 to the rate of 62 in New Zealand and to the rate of 61 in South Australia in 1909." 



TABLE 121. ACTUAL DEATH RATES AND ESTIMATED DEATH RATES IP ALL CHILDREN 

 HAD BEEN BREAST-FED, BOSTON, MASS. (DAVIS) 



The necessity of carefully analyzing infant mortality statistics before 

 drawing conclusions from them is well illustrated by Dr. Williams' 

 study of the relation between infant mortality and market milk in the 

 City of Rochester, N. Y. His investigation involved: (1) A critical 

 examination of the infant mortality data of the city for the 1 1 years from 

 1900 to 1910. (2) A personal investigation of all of the deaths of children 

 under 5 years of age who were reported to have died of a disease of the 

 gastro-intestinal tract between Aug. 1, 1910, and Aug. 1, 1911. (3) 

 The visiting of 100 to 600 homes in each of 15 sections of the city and the 

 securing in them of (a) information as to the number of children under 1 

 year of age and the kind of food and method of feeding employed; (6) 

 the use of market, certified and condensed milks and of ice. 



In the study of the mortality statistics, the ailments of which children 

 died were put into four groups, viz.: Group 1, diseases of the digestive 

 tract and of nutrition; to these milk bears a direct causal relation. 

 Group 2, infectious diseases; .these are often milk-borne. Group 3, 

 diseases such as meningitis, bronchitis and pneumonia which are not 



