46 MILK SURVEY OF THE CITY OF ROCHESTER 



The daily per capita consumption of milk in these institutions has 

 been determined by dividing the quantity consumed by children by the 

 number of children ; the quantity consumed by adults by the number of 

 adults, for each institution in the different groups. These figures are 

 arranged according to the institutions in the different groups and pre- 

 sented in Table No. 18. 



TABLE No. 18 



DAILY PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF MILK IN ROCHESTER 



INSTITUTIONS 



Name of Institution. By Children. By Adults. Average. 

 ORPHAN ASYLUMS 



Rochester Orphan Asylum 81 qts. .50 qts. .87 qts. 



Jewish Orphan Asylum 48 .27 .63 



St. Mary's Orphan Boys' Asylum 61 . . .49 



Jewish Sheltering Home 30 . . .44 



St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum 35 .50 .42 



St. Patrick's Orphan Girls' Asylum 48 .10 .53 



Dorsey 72 .20 1.00 



P. E. Church Home 76 .11 .47 



HOSPITALS 



Hahnemann .49 .60 



Rochester General .53 .74 



Homeopathic 93 .51 .62 



Municipal 1.50 .63 1.15 



Monroe County Tuberculosis Sanitarium 1.49 .99 1.21 



Rochester State .39 .50 



Infants' Summer 97 .56 .88 



Monroe County 1.00 .32 .41 



St. Mary's 2.00 2.10 2.40 



Park Avenue .33 .64 



INSTITUTION, INDUSTRIAL 



Salvation Army 



PENAL INSTITUTIONS 



Monroe County Jail . . .45 .45 



Monroe County Penitentiary ... .24 .47 



Monroe County Almshouse . . .18 .37 



HOMES AND OTHERS 



St. John's (German) Home for Aged .. .13 .26 



German Students' Home .75 .88 



Rochester Girls' Home 21 .33 .50 



St. Elizabeth's Girls' Home 1.50 .16 .30 



St. Ann's Home for Aged .44 .50 



Rochester Friendly Home .30 .60 



In the above table it is noteworthy that among the orphan asylums 

 two of them are providing milk for children at the rate of .30 and 35 

 quarts per child, while one institution provides .48 quarts per child. 

 When this is compared with the recommendations made by Professor 

 McCollum and other authorities that each child should have at least one 

 quart of milk a day, it is obvious that these children are receiving much 

 less milk than is required for their health. When this is compared with 



