MILK SURVEY OF THE CITY OF ROCHESTER 39 



TABLE No. 14 



ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF MILK USED BY CHILDREN AND ADULTS 

 OF ROCHESTER COMPARED WITH QUANTITY RECOM- 

 MENDED BY FOOD AUTHORITIES 



For Other Should 



Drinking. Uses. Total Use. 



Population. Quarts. Quarts. Quarts. Quarts. 



Children 1 to 16 years... 145,693 35,768 17,358 53,126 110,633 

 Adults over 16 years 144,307 7,218 17,156 24,374 48,102 



Total 290,000 42,986 34,514 77,500 158,735 



The distribution of the families in the city districts visited was pur- 

 posely arranged so as to give so far as possible a cross-section of the 

 entire population of the City of Rochester. The fact that the population 

 of the families visited gave almost the same percentage of the total popula- 

 tion as the quantity of milk consumed to the total milk supply of the city 

 is a substantial reason for believing that the families visited did represent 

 fairly a cross-section of the city. On this basis the age distribution of 

 the children and adults in the families visited if applied to the entire 

 city would indicate that the population of the entire ctiy of Rochester 

 is divided as follows : 



Children under 1 year 9,854 



Children 1 to 6 years 65,720 



Children 7 to 16 years " 70,119 



Adults over 16 years 144,307 



Total Population 290,000 



In the testimony of Professor McCollum, delivered at one of the 

 hearings, it was stated that on the basis of his careful experiments as to 

 the milk requirements of animals and of human beings, he believed that 

 every person, young and old, should consume not less than one quart of 

 milk a day, or its equivalent. This would mean that the population of 

 Rochester of 290,000 should consume 290,000 quarts of milk daily. 



If we use the figures which are accepted by the New York Associa- 

 tion for Improving the Condition of the Poor as representing the milk 

 requirements of children and adults, children under 6 years would use 

 one quart each; children 6 to 16, one-half quart, and adults, one- third 

 quart. If these amounts of milk are applied to the population of Roch- 

 ester, as above indicated, it would make it necessary that the children 

 from 1 to 16 years in Rochester should use not less than 110,633 quarts 

 daily for drinking and other purposes, and the adults over 16 years 

 should use not less than 48,102 quarts for drinking and other purposes. 

 This would require a total milk supply of 158,735 quarts, as compared 

 with 77,500 quarts which was being used at the time the house to house 

 canvass was conducted. This means that both children and adults are 

 now using less than one-half of the quantity of milk which is required for 

 the promotion of growth, and the maintenance of health and strength. 



