631 
Cities in the United 
States having in- 
fants’ milk depots. 
When 
estab- 
lished. 
Num- 
ber of 
depots. 
Period of year in operation. 
1393 
a 17 
7 are open during the en- 
tire year; 10 located in 
parks and on recreation 
piers are open in sum- 
mer. 
Yonkers, N. Y 
1894 
1 
June 1 to Sept. 30 
1897 
4 
July and August . . : . . 
1898 
May to November; some- 
times to December, de- 
pending upon the weath 
er. Isolated cases fur- 
nished milk during en- 
tire year. 
1899 
2 
Entire year 
61908 
28 
1 
22 are open during entire 
year; 6 during summer 
season only. 
Philadelphia, Pa 
f 1903 
20 
9 are open during entire 
year: 11 during summer 
months. 
1903 
9 
8 are open during entire 
year; 1 during July and 
August, 1907. 
St. Louis, Mo 
1904 
12-15 
May to December 
Detroit, Mich 
1905 
At hospital dispensaries 
Columbus, Ohio 
61906 
1 
During entire year 
Cambridge, Mass 
1906 
5 
All open during summer 
months. 
Providence, R. I 
1906 
5 
Open from June 20 to Sept. 
6, 1907. 
Cincinnati, Ohio 
1907 
2 
Open from July 15 to Sept. 1. 
Jersey City, N. J 
1907 
5 
Opened July 15; to be main- 
tained during entire year. 
Toledo, Ohio 
1907 
2 
1 open during entire year; 
] 1 from June to October. 
Kansas City, Mo 
1907 
9 
Kansas City, Kans 
1907 
1 
| Aug. 1 to Oct. 1 
Aug. 1 to Oct. 1 
\ 
New Bedford, Mass . . . 
1907 
3 
July 10 to Sept. 10 
Boston, Mass 
(d) 
10 
1 5 open during entire year. 
In addition, out-patient 
departments of 5 hos- 
pitals distribute milk 
during summer. 
Newark, N. J . . 
1899 
1 
Brooklyn, N. Y 
1899 
16 
Summer months 
Conducted by— 
Maintained by Mr. Nathan 
Straus and conducted by a 
medical director. 
St. John’s Riverside Hospital. 
Health department. 
Private philanthropy. Pittsburg 
and Allegheny Milk and Ice 
Association. 'Supervised by 
medical director and secretary 
of the association. 
Private philanthropy. Milk 
Fund Association. 
Private philanthropy. The Milk 
Commission of the Children’s 
Hospital Society. 
Private philanthropy. Philadel- 
phia Modified Milk Society. 
Private philanthropy. Thomas 
Wilson Sanatorium for Chil- 
dren until 1906. Since then by 
The Babies Milk Fund Associa- 
tion. Summer station main- 
tained by Playground Associa- 
tion. 
Private philanthropy under di- 
rection of St. Louis Pure Milk 
Commission. 
Private philanthropy. Detroit 
Milk Fund Association and 
under medical supervision. 
Private philanthropy. Hartman 
Stock Farm Dairy.' 
Public appropriations and pri- 
vate philanthropy. Milk in- 
spector with cooperation of 
Cambridge School of Nursing 
and Visiting Nurses Associa- 
tion. 
Private philanthropy. Commit- 
tee of the Providence Medical 
Association. 
Health department, nurse at 
each station. Physician in 
general charge. 
City board of health. Under 
medical supervision of superin- 
tendent, bureau of contagious 
diseases. 
Private philanthropy. 
Private philanthropy. Kansas 
City Pure Milk Commission. 
Private philanthropy. Kansas 
City Pure Milk Commission. 
Private philanthropy. Charity 
organization society of New 
Bedford. 
Private philanthropy. Hos- 
pital work maintained by a 
“ milk fund.” 
Executive committee, Society of 
the Babies’ Hospital, Newark, 
N. J. 
Brooklyn Children’s Aid Society. 
a Depots are also maintained by the Good Samaritan Hospital, The Diet Kitchen Asso- 
ciation, and the New York Milk Committee. 
April. 
c July. 
d First one “ many years ago,” others about Jan. 1, 1905, 
