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a water faucet, and when the water appears at the end of the longer 

 arm this end is closed by the thumb and the shorter arm is inserted 

 to the bottom of the bottle and the thumb released, allowing the- 

 tube to rest in the bottle. First the water flows out and then the- 

 milk. The cream gradually settles in the bottle until the lower 

 border of cream touches the bottom of the bottle, when the siphon 

 is at once removed. 



A method of distributing clean milk for infants is by means 

 of the infant milk depot, dispensary, or Goutte de Lait. These 

 were first established in the United States by Mr. Nathan Straus in 

 New York in 1893. The object is to educate the poor in infant 

 feeding; to supply at a nominal price the cleanest, most wholesome 

 cows' milk in closed bottles containing one feeding (so that the 

 milk cannot be contaminated), and modified to suit the age of 

 infants. The stations are under medical control and in the care 

 of trained nurses who instruct mothers in caring for their children 

 and urge the nursing of babies when it is possible. Many of these- 

 depots are open the year round. In some depots raw, certified 

 milk is used; in others the milk is both certified and pasteurized. 

 There were 21 cities having such depots in 1907, four of which were 

 Supported by city health boards and the rest by private philanthropy... 

 They are of great educational and life-saving value. 



