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thing of sexual physiology, as, indeed, should our 

 boys. 



To put the whole matter in a few words, our girls 

 should know enough before they enter upon wife- 

 hood to avoid the awful mistakes for which such a 

 terrible price in baby lives is now paid. Among the 

 greatest defects of our civilization to-day is our failure 

 to fit for parental responsibilities the boys and girls 

 who go through our schools. 



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In this chapter I have tried to indicate, very briefly 

 and simply, the most important features which a 

 practical programme of reform should embrace. I 

 do not expect that it will be adopted in its entirety 

 by any city; nor do I expect that it wiU escape crit- 

 icism. But, in the main, it represents, I believe, the 

 consensus of practical and expert opinion upon a most 

 important problem. I beUeve, too, that upon the 

 lines indicated a programme can be framed to suit 

 the needs of each individual city upon which all 

 sincere friends of milk reform can unite. Such unity 

 of forces is above all things else desirable, and if this 

 study, inadequate as I know it to be, helps to create 

 that unity, I shall feel abundantly repaid. 



Healthy herds — efficient inspection — insistence 

 upon cleanliness and careful handling of the milk — 



