>^i SQRVEY OF THE CITY OF ROCHESTER 



: : : :' : V.: : : 4. SURVEY OF MILK SURVEYS 



In order that the proposed survey might be planned in a manner 

 that would insure results of the most practical value to the city, con- 

 sideration was first given to the work performed in previous milk sur- 

 veys. All of these include plans of organization, subjects of study, and 

 recommendations which are contributions to the plans for the Rochester 

 Survey and a brief consideration of them will form the best possible 

 introduction to the present Rochester Survey. 



The list of these surveys is as follows : 



Date 



1911-12 



1915 



Place 



Rochester, N. Y. 

 Detroit, Mich. 



1916-17 New York State 



1917 

 1917 



1917 

 1917 



1917 

 1919 



1919 

 1919 

 1919 

 1919 



Berkeley, Cal. 

 New York City 



New England 



Pennsylvania, 



Maryland, 



Delaware 



Canada 



New York State 



Spokane, Wash. 

 Winnipeg, Man. 

 New York City 

 New York State 



1919 New York State 



Auspices 

 Private 

 U. S. Dept of Agriculture 



New York State Senate 



and Assembly 

 University of California 

 Mayor's Committee on 



Milk 

 Boston Chamber of 



Commerce 

 Governors' Tri-State 



Commission 



Food Controller 



Council of Farms and 

 Markets 



Chamber of Commerce 



City Council 



Private 



Governor's Commission on 

 High Cost of Living 



New York State Recon- 

 struction Commission 

 - (Committee on Food Pro- 

 duction and Distribution) 



Directed by 

 Dr. John R. Williams 

 C. E. Clement and 

 G. P. Warber 

 Senator Wicks 



Elwood Mead 



Dr. Charles E. North, 



Chairman 



R. W. Bird, Chairman 

 Dr. A. G. Gilbert, Secretary 

 Dr. Clyde L. King, 



Chairman 



P. B. Tustin, Chairman 

 W. A. Dana, Chairman 



J. K. McCormack, Chairman 

 R. D. Hughes 

 I. G. Jennings 

 Martin H. Glynn and 

 John H. Finley 

 Thomas V. Patterson, 



Chairman 

 Herschel H. Jones, 



Secretary 



1911-12, Rochester, N. Y. ("The Economic Problems of Milk Dis- 

 tribution in their Relation to the Public Health," by Dr. John R. 

 Williams. Transactions of the Fifteenth International Congress on 

 Hygiene and Demography, Washington, D. C, 1912.) 



The studies in this survey were confined strictly to the City of 

 Rochester, and were conducted entirely under the auspices of Dr. John 

 R. Williams, of Rochester, at his own private expense. The time con- 

 sumed in the investigation was over one year and a half, and a number 

 of investigators were employed by Dr. Williams. Not only because this 

 survey deals particularly with the City of Rochester, which is the sub- 

 ject of the main survey in our own report, but also because it was the 

 first and by far the most comprehensive survey yet made of the cost of 

 milk distribution and the unnecessary expenses connected with the same 

 it is desirable to consider the material in this report in some detail It 



