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been abandoned of late. We have learned that milk if not boiled 

 should at least be pasteurized. We have learned that to get good 

 milk for babies the cows must be kept in good condition, in hy- 

 gienic surroundings, and must be free of disease, especially of 

 tuberculosis. 



4. Infant Welfare. One of the means of educating the public 

 to the importance of clean milk and the necessity of a regular 

 nursing period has been the Infant Welfare Movement. This 

 movement was started by Budin in France about 1892 and was 

 soon followed in different countries. At present there is hardly a 

 country that has no infant welfare societies in operation. In this 

 country the National Association for the Study and Prevention 

 of Infant Mortality was organized in 1909, and the Federal Chil- 

 dren's Bureau was organized in 1912. These two organizations 

 are doing a great deal for the promotion of infant welfare in this 

 country. Besides these central organizations there are infant 

 welfare societies in every state in the Union. The purpose of the 

 Infant Welfare Society is to instruct the mother in the care of 

 her infant, in the choice and regulation of its food, and even in 

 the matter of the clothing. The infant welfare societies are doing 

 particularly good work among the poorer classes who live in un- 

 hygienic surroundings and who cannot afford to pay private phy- 

 sicians for advice about the welfare of their infants. 



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