CHAPTER XIV 



THE CONTROL OF THE MILK SUPPLY : (2) BY 

 PRIVATE ENTERPRISE 



The Aylesbury Dairy Company, London. The Dairy Supply Company of Copen- 

 hagen. The Danish Milk Company. The Milk Supply Pasteur, Copen- 

 hagen. The Philadelphia Milk Commission. The Rotch System. 



We propose under this heading to consider three main types of 

 the control and protection of the milk supply by private enterprise 

 as found in this country, in Denmark, and in America. The types 

 we have selected are the Aylesbury Dairy Company in England, 

 the Copenhagen Dairy Company in Denmark, and the Philadelphia 

 Milk Commission in the United States. We are well aware that 

 these three examples by no means exhaust the list of milk 

 companies which have done much to raise the standard of the 

 supply in these three countries. But it is unnecessary to burden 

 the present volume with endless details, involving much repetition, 

 of all the available " model " milk supplies. It may also be 

 mentioned that we do not propose to discuss here the question of 

 modified milk supplies for children and infants. The subject is a 

 special one and not directly connected with the control of the milk 

 supply.^ 



^ Recent information on this important subject of Infant Milk Supply will 

 be found in the following references : — Theory and Practice of Infant Feeding, 

 by H. D. Chapin, M.D., 1902 ; Brit. Med. four., 1902, vol. ii., pp. 653-672, by 

 T. M. Rotch, M.D. ; Rev. dHyg. et Med. Infant, 1902, pp. 461-494, by H. de 

 Rothschild, M.D. ; The Strauss Milk Charity of New York City, 1896, by 

 R. G. Freeman, M.D. ; Revue Scientifique, 1902, p. 113 (Milk Dispensaries for 

 Infants), by M. G. Variot, M.D. ; The Feeding of Infants, by E. Cautley, M.D., 

 1903 (second edition) ; Infant Feeding and the Milk supply, by T. D. Lister, 

 M.D., 1903 ; also official reports by Dr Hope of Liverpool, Dr M'Cleary of 

 Battersea, Dr Harris of St Helens, etc. See footnote, p. 503. On the whole 

 question of the control of the milk supply, in addition to the supply of modified 

 milk, see a series of articles in Brit. Med. four., 1903, p. 678 et seq. 



