202 THE COMMON SENSE OF THE MILK QUESTION 



infant milk supply.^* This is, of course, a considerable 

 step in the direction of municipalization advocated 

 earlier in the present chapter. 



VI 



Now let us compare, briefly, the formulas of some 

 of the more important depots, philanthropic and 

 municipal, at which sterilized or pasteurized mixtures 

 are distributed. 



In the French Gouttes de Lait, it may be well to 

 repeat, modification is unusual, the practice being to 

 give milk of full strength, even to very 3'oung babies, 

 but either to sterilize it, as in Paris and Havre, or to 

 pasteurize it, as in Beauvais and Pol-sur-Mer. In 

 Fecamp, however, modification is practised, the for- 

 mula being : " — 



Water One part 



Milk Two parts 



with 



Centrifugal Cream 15 grammes 



Lactose 35 grammes 



Salt 1 gramme 



to each liter. 



This is heated to a temperature of 102° centigrade, 

 and kept at that temperature for forty minutes. 



In the Straus depots, New York City, the following 

 formulas are chiefly used, all mixtures being pas- 

 teurized by heating to a temperature of 167° Fahren- 

 heit, and exposing it to that temperature for twenty 

 minutes.'*' Formula No. 1 was prepared by Dr. 



