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MILK AND ITS HYGIENIC RELATIONS 



it was found that the maximum difference in the weight at any 

 one six-day period between the two series did not at any time 

 reach 10 per cent, of the whole, and the percentage on the majority 

 of the average weights was very greatly below this figure. 



In order to eliminate any possible source of error owing to the 



DIAGRAM 10. Showing the percentage increase in weight in the infants 

 of each series, commencing at the sixteenth day of life. 



overlapping of feeding in the two series, i.e. either through a certain 

 amount of mixed feeding in the breast-fed series or through 

 commencing weaning towards the sixth month, it was decided to 

 investigate in greater detail the curves of such children of the 

 series as were entirely breast-fed up to at least the sixth month, 

 and those who had been artificially fed from birth upwards. It 

 was found that out of the 204 babies who were fed on boiled cows' 



