34 _ MILK SURVEY OF THE CITY OF ROCHESTER _ 



Survey, a complete tabulation was made. The summary of the statistics 

 compiled was as follows : 



Number of families visited .............................. 



Total number of persons in families .................... 



Children under 1 year ..................... 242 or 3.398% 



1 to 6 years ........................ 1,614 or 22.662% 



" 7 to 16 years ....................... 1,722 or 24.179% 



Total number of children ................... 3,578 or 50.239% 



Adults over 16 years ........................ 3,544 or 49.751% 



One of the most important questions in the inquiry was as to the 

 total family income per week, and the total money spent for food and for 

 milk. The following figures were obtained from this part of the inquiry : 



INCOME PER WEEK (1,095 Families) 



Family income (except from boarders and roomers) ........ $31,522.28 



Income from boarders and roomers ....................... 1,414.25 



Total income $32,936.53 



Amount spent weekly for food, including milk (998 families) $14,486.76 

 Amount spent weekly for milk (1,330 families) 1,801.71 



The quantity of milk and dairy products used daily is shown in 

 Table No. 9. 



TABLE No. 9 

 MILK USED DAILY 



Bottled milk (28 quarts donated) 1,838 quarts 



Loose milk 73 quarts 



AMOUNTS AND COST OF OTHER DAIRY PRODUCTS USED WEEKLY 



Amount Price Cost 



Buttermilk 140 quarts $ .090 $ 12.59 



Skimmed milk 524.5 quarts .051 26.51 



Condensed milk 1,197.75 cans .149 178.10 



*Cream 192 quarts .614 11661 



Butter 2,224 pounds 



Number of families reporting butter 1,057 



Number of families reporting oleo 59 



*2 quarts donated. 



MILK USED DAILY FOR DRINKING 



By children 692 quarts 



By adults 12 g quarts 



Unclassified 240 quarts 



(Unclassified milk distributed by income groups added to milk 

 used daily for drinking.) 



Total by children 882 quarts 



Total by adults 178 quarts 



FAMILIES USING NO MILK 



Number of families 38 



Number of adults 208 



