MILK SURVEY OF THE CITY OF ROCHESTER 



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THE FEEDING OF OLEOMARGARINE COMPARED WITH THE 



FEEDING OF BUTTER IN ONE OF ROCHESTER'S 



INSTITUTIONS 



In connection with the inquiry as to the milk supply of Rochester 

 institutions, a most interesting piece of information was obtained from 

 the Jewish Orphan Asylum by Mr. J. H. Larson, Secretary of the New 

 York Milk Committee, who had charge of that branch of the Survey. 

 This institution at the present time has a population of 29 children under 

 16 years of age, and 10 adults. For a number of years the management 

 has made a practice of regularly taking the weights and measuring the 

 heights of children there and recording these weights and heights in the' 

 institution's records. The diet furnished to the children has been uni- 

 formly good. The daily milk supply at present is 25 quarts, of which 8 

 quarts are used for cooking, 14 for children and 3 for adults. 



During the period of 6 months previous to January 1st, 1917, there 

 were no changes made in the diet of the children of this institution. They 

 were receiving among other things regularly a sufficient quantity of 

 butter. On January 1st, 1917, the management decided to substitute oleo- 

 margarine in place of butter, and for the following six months, that is to 

 say, from January 1st, 1917, to June 29th, 1917, the institution was sup- 

 plied with oleomargarine instead of butter. At the end of June, the 

 management became dissatisfied with the oleomargarine and decided to 

 abandon its use and return to a regular butter supply. No other changes 

 than these were made at any time in the diet or in the milk supply. 



Records of the weight of 10 children who were in the institution 

 continuously during the periods above mentioned are given in Table 

 No. 20: 



TABLE No. 20 



