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Instead of which we have the experience of hundreds 

 of other cities, in many different lands, to guide and 

 inspire us. 



It is not essential that we should enter into a de- 

 tailed history of the movement for the establishment 

 of milk depots for infants. Other writers, notably 

 Dr. McCleary," have done this work with a fair degree 

 of thoroughness, and, moreover, a very brief outline 

 will be enough to give the reader a fair idea of the 

 various types of depots and the principles underlying 

 their management. There are many variations in 

 these institutions, but in a general way they may be 

 said to conform to three types, which may be briefly 

 described as follows : — 



(1) Consultations de Nourrissons" The first of 

 these institutions was established in 1890, by Profes- 

 sor Herrgott, who in that year founded at Nancy 

 L'CEuvre de la Maternity, a charitable maternity 

 hospital. All children born in this hospital were 

 required to be brought back for medical examination 

 at the end of the first month, when, providing satis- 

 factory progress had been made, the mothers were 

 rewarded with small sums of money. Some idea of 

 the scope of the work done by this institution may be 

 gathered from the fact that in the ten years, 1890- 

 1900, the amount distributed was 25,382 francs and 

 the number of maternity cases 2052. Professor 

 Herrgott's idea was nothing more than to encourage 



