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Table No. 2. — Analyses of breast milk taken from the wealthier class of Filipino 



women. 



No. 



Specific 

 gravity. 



Water. 



Solids. 



Ash. 



Fat. 



Sugar. 



Proteid. 



1 . 



1.030 

 1.031 

 1.027 

 1. 029 

 1.028 

 1.030 

 1.031 



86.22 

 86.78 

 84.43 

 85.49 

 88.17 

 88.30 

 88.82 



13.78 

 13.22 

 15.57 

 14.51 

 11.83 

 11.70 

 11.18 



0.27 

 .17 

 .26 

 .11 

 .41 

 .23 

 .12 



5.78 

 4.34 

 6.34 

 6.64 

 3.35 

 3.21 

 2.61 



6.33 

 7.76 

 6.98 

 6.07 

 5.91 

 7.18 

 7.59 



1.40 

 .95 

 1.97 

 1.69 

 2.16 

 1.08 

 .92 



2_ 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



Average ... 



1.029 



86.88 



13.11 



.22 



5.38 



6.83 



1.45 



However, a study of the breast milk among the poor people gives some 

 interesting figures. In the first place, the quantity is small and the 

 period of active lactation short. Analyses of ten samples of milk show 

 a persistent high specific gravity, high sugar index, with low proteid and 

 fat. This is apparent from the following table : 



Table No. 3. — Analyses of ten specimens of breast milk from native women of the 

 poorer classes, with infants from 10 days to 1 month old. 



No. 



Specific 



gravity. 



Water. 



Solids. 



Ash. 



Fat. 



Sugar. 



Proteid. 



1 



1.035 

 1.038 

 1.034 

 1.036 

 1.030 

 1.030 

 1.030 

 1.030 

 1. 030 

 i. 031 



86.83 

 87.29 

 86.91 

 87.43 

 87.20 

 86.60 

 86.71 

 88.04 

 86.96 

 87.97 



13.17 

 12.71 

 13.09 

 12.57 

 12.80 

 13.40 

 13.29 

 11.96 

 13.04 

 12.05 



0.11 

 .34 

 .15 

 .13 

 .11 

 .14 

 .15 

 .09 

 .16 

 .15 



2.84 

 2.55 

 2.33 

 2.98 

 3.58 

 4.50 

 4.02 

 2.67 

 3.97 

 1.31 



8.70 

 8.29 

 9.20 

 8.08 

 7.11 

 7.62 

 7.98 

 8.14 

 7.83 

 6.87 



1.52 

 1.53 

 1.41 

 1.38 

 1.40 

 1.14 

 1.14 

 1.02 

 1.08 

 1.31 



2 __ 



3 



4 



5 ... 



6 





8 : 



9.. 



10 



Average ... 





1.033 



87.19 



12.81 



.15 



3.07 



7.98 



1.29 



A study of these analyses shows that even in breast feeding in Manila 

 there are unusual problems to be met. In order fully to appreciate this 

 fact we have taken the averages from the preceding tables and placed 

 them in the following one, which also gives average human milk analyses 

 from two representative sources, for comparative purposes. 



