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No. (Health officer San Francisco, Cal.) 



This depends upon how it is modified. (Health officer St. Joseph, Mo.) 



If by this is meant, is separated and recombined milk as nutritious as un- 

 separated milk, we would answer in so far as our observation goes, yes. We 

 have no evidence from any others to the contrary. (Dr. Samuel McC. Hamill, 

 Philadelphia, Pa.) 



Depends upon circumstances, modification, condition of infant. (Health 

 officer Scranton, Pa.) 



QUESTION 19. Is it as digestible as raw milkt 



ANSWEBS. 



Modified milk is prepared according to medical prescriptions for special use. 

 While it usually contains less nutriment than ordinary cows' milk, it is sup- 

 posed to be more easily digested and assimilated by the individuals for whom 

 it is intended. (Chief Bureau of Animal Industry.) 



Yes. (Surgeon General U. S. Army.) 



Depends on the individual and the nature of the modification. (Surgeon 

 General U. S. Navy.) 



Modified milk may be either raw or pasteurized, and it is given to infants 

 because for them it is more suited to their needs than whole milk. (Surgeon 

 General Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service.) 



Modified milk is raw milk, unless it is heated after modification. (Dr. 

 Henry L. Coit, Newark, N. J.) 



Usually more digestible. (Dr. R. G. Freeman, New York, N. Y.) 



Yes. (Dr. C. E. A. Winslow, New York, N. Y.) 



Yes. All depending on interpretation of "modified milk." (Health officer 

 Ann Arbor, Mich.) 



It is served raw, pasteurized or sterilized according to the instruction of the 

 physician. (Health officer Birmingham, Ala.) 



No. (Health officer Bismarck, N. Dak.) 



Depends entirely upon the character and degree of modification. (Health 

 officer Cleveland, Ohio.) 



That depends upon the powers of digestion as between an infant and an 

 adult. (Health officer Columbus, Ohio.) 



Depending on circumstances. (Health officer Detroit, Mich.) 



Yes; or more so. (Health officer Jacksonville, Fla.) 



No. (Health officer Kansas City, Mo.) 



Modified milk may be raw milk ; ought to be. (Health officer Lynchburg, Va.) 



What do you consider modified milk? We modify milk for infant feeding. 

 (Health officer Portland, Oreg.) 



Yes. (Health officer Providence, R. I.) 



Far more so, if modified to suit each case. The object of modification is to 

 make a digestible mixture for infants. (Health officer Richmond, Va.) 



Not in my opinion. (Health officer Seattle, Wash.) 



Yes. (Health officer Syracuse, N. Y.) 



Yes. (Health officer Topeka, Kans.) 



Yes; and more so, for it is adapted to the digestion of the baby, depending 

 on its age, strength, and general condition. (Straus Laboratory, Washington, 

 D. C.) 



Questionable. (Sharon Dairy, District of Columbia.) 



There are so many formulas for the modification of milk, each modifier in- 

 sisting that his particular modification is the most nutritious and more easily 

 assimilated, that it is very hard to give any opinion except on a particular 

 modification. (Borden's Condensed Milk Co., New York, N. Y.) 



When properly adapted to the individual need it is, of course, far more di- 

 gestible. (Walker-Gordon Laboratory, Washington, D. C.) 



No. (Dr. V. C. Vaughan, Ann Arbor, Mich.) 



Depends on amount of modification and on consumer. (Dr. S. C. Prescott, 

 Boston, Mass.) 



Modified milk may be, and generally is, raw milk. Very little milk, as modi- 

 fied by the laboratories, is pasteurized, except the Straus Laboratory's supply. 

 Their milk is just the ordinary market milk, and is pasteurized as a safeguard. 

 (J. M. Houston, White Cross Milk Co., Washington, D. C.) 



Only in some cases of infant feeding and gastro-intestinal conditions. 

 (Health officer San Francisco, Cal.) 



