582 
Formula No. 2 {Dr. Rowland G. Freeman). 
Milk . 
Lime water 
Milk sugar 
Filtered water 
Formula No. 3 {Dr. A. Jacobi). 
Milk 
Barley water 
Cane sugar 
Table salt 
Formula {Dr. Rowland G. Freeman). 
Cream (16 per cent) . 
Fat-free milk 
Milk sugar 
Limewater 
Filtered water 
Formula No. 4- 
Cream (16 per cent) 
Milk... 
Limewater 
Milk sugar 
Filtered water 
ounces. . 
64 
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4 
. .do 
6 
. .do 
60 
ounces. . 
64 
. . .do 
64 
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4 
.grains. . 
CO 
o 
ounces. . 
16 
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16 
do. . 
6. 
. . .do 
6 
. . .do 
90 
ounces. . 
4 
. . do 
16 
6 
. . . do 
6 
. . .do 
102 
The three former mixtures are placed in 6-ounce bottles, the two 
atter in 3-ounce bottles and pasteurized by exposure of twenty min- 
utes to 167° F. 
Practically all infants’ milk depots in the United States are under 
general medical supervision, and in addition, many depots are in 
direct charge of graduate nurses who prepare the milk and give in- 
structions to mothers in the care of infants. In some instances, 
visiting nurses also enter the homes of the children for the purpose of 
imparting instruction. 
With the view of determining the extent of this movement and its 
influence on the public health, an inquiry was sent by the Surgeon- 
General of the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service to the 
health officials of all cities in the United States containing a popula- 
tion of over 50,000. Replies were received from 64 of the 76 cities in 
this class, and acknowledgments are due to the health officers and 
others through whose courtesy the following tabulated information 
was obtained. The information thus obtained is of much interest 
and value. 
The following table contains a list of the cities in the United States 
in which infants’ milk depots are located, the dates of their establish- 
ment, the number of depots operated in each city during the present 
