﻿INFANT FEEDING AND ITS INFLUENCE UPON INFANT 

 MORTALITY IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 1 



[Copyrighted in the Philippine Islands, September, 1907.] 



By W. E. Musgrave and George F. Richmond. 

 (From the Biological and Chemical Laboratories, Bureau of Science.) 



I. 

 II. 



III. 



Introduction. ■ 



Habits and customs of the people. 



A. The native mother. 



B. The native child. 



C. The foreign mother and child. 



A STUDY OF THE CONDITIONS AS THEY EXIST AT PRESENT. 

 The available food supply. ■ 



(a) Human milk. 



(b) Other fresh milks. 



1. Cows' milk. 



2. Goats' milk. 



3. Carabao's milk. 



(c) Preserved milks. 



1. Cold storage milk. 



2. Sterilized milk (not condensed). 



3. Condensed whole milk (so-called evaporated cream). 



4. Condensed milk (sweetened or modified). 



5. Malted milks. 



0. Cream. 

 Foods other than milk. 



1. The home made foods. 



2. Imported prepared foods. 



3. Diluents. 



(d) 



IV. Diet. 



I. INTRODUCTION. 



Infant mortality is the most serious, important and urgent problem 

 in preventive medicine in the Philippine Islands. The following figures 

 of births and deaths for the City of Manila are taken from the records 

 of the Bureau of Health : 



Year. 



Births. 



Deaths. 



Deaths 



(under 1 



year of 



age). 



1903 — — 



3,387 

 6,341 



7,779 

 8,679 



9,394 



11, 357 



9,731 



9,486 



3, 872 

 6,029 

 4,676 

 4,218 



1904 - — 



1905 



1906— _ _ _ 



Total _ .. 



26, 186 



39, 958 



18,795 





1 Read by abstract at the Fourth Annual Meeting of the Philippine Islands 

 Medical Association, March 3, 1907. 



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