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Table X. Showing Total Deaths of Children undee 

 5 Years of Age in the Summer Period under Pas- 

 teurization AND Clean Milk Methods 



When it is remembered that these figures give the 

 total number of deaths, and that the population of 

 Rochester is an increasing one, the remarkable char- 

 acter of the statistics becomes evident. During the 

 period 1894-1896 inclusive, there were 572 deaths, 

 an exceptionally favorable showing under the old 

 conditions. During the period 1897-1899 inclusive, 

 when the milk depots were in operation, supplying 

 pasteurized milk, there were 368 deaths recorded dur- 

 ing the same two months for the year ; in the period 

 1900-1902 inclusive, with infants' depots supplying 

 clean, unpasteurized milk, the number was 223, 

 a remarkable decline in view of the decline made dur- 



