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method and requirements necessary for the successful use of artificial 
foods. 
Through the cooperation of municipal authorities, the medical 
profession, trained nurses’ associations, and others, instruction has 
also been carried to the homes of infants, with lasting benefit. 
There is great necessity for a wider extension of this movement, in 
order that its benefits may be felt in every congested center of popu- 
lation in the United States. In many of these areas the insanitary 
conditions surrounding the lives of infants are a menace to the State. 
Diffusion of knowledge with respect to all that pertains to infant 
hygiene is therefore demanded. 
Mothers should be encouraged in every possible way to nurse their 
infants, regardless of financial or social status. 
When breast feeding is clearly impossible, a pure supply of cow’s 
milk, modified to meet the special needs of the infant, should be ren- 
dered available for both rich and poor. At the same time mothers 
should be instructed regarding the special requirements necessary 
to successful artificial feeding, including the care and administration 
of miik in the home. 
Private philanthropy has led the way. The public, through its 
official representatives, should assume its share of responsibility, both 
because of economic and sanitary considerations, and provide infants’ 
milk depots for improving the physical well-being of the children 
who are destined to become the active producing members of the com- 
munity of the future. 
