1909 



MILK COMMISSION". 



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terior of the stable was whitewashed and the floors kept clean, but the cows were not 

 kept in a separate building from the horses, nor is there a partition between them. 

 In the special milk house, two nurses attended to the cooling, modifying and bot- 

 tling the milk before it was sent to the distributing depot in the city. At the 

 close of the summer a statement was issued by the Hamilton Milk Commission 

 giving the record of the work during August and September. It stated that 

 when the milk was first offered in July only 31 feedings were taken daily, but when 

 the supply was discontinued, 850 feedings were being distributed daily, supplying 

 338 infants. Of these only 22 died, regarded as very few. During August and 

 September the infantile mortality from cholera infantum aggregated 59 compared 

 to 90 for the same two months last year, a decrease of 30 per cent. The total 

 number of deaths from all causes was 91 compared with 126 in the same period 

 last year. 



FIGURES FOR ONTARIO. 



In contrast to British and American cities given above, we beg to submit the 

 following figures for Ontario cities for the latest year available, 1908. As the 

 completed figures for the Province will not be ready for publication for sonte months, 

 they are taken from the official records in the office of the Deputy Eegistrar Gen- 

 eral, through the courtesy of Dr. Chas. A. Hodgetts. 



In making comparisons much depends of course on the accuracy with which 

 returns are made in the various places compared, but all the figures are taken 

 from official reports and constitute the only basis on which to work. It is admit- 

 ted that returns now being made in the cities of Ontario at least are practically 

 complete. The fact that this can only be said of very recent years' renders it im- 



