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The above table indicates that there are 22 cities in the United 
States in which infants’ milk depots were in operation during the 
year 1907. 
Since the compilation of this table relative to infants’ milk depots, 
information has been received as to other depots showing an extension 
of the movement. 
The general secretary of the Brooklyn Children’s Aid Societ}^ has 
invited attention to the work of that society. He has also reported 
that in Xew York, in addition to the depots mentioned in the table, 
there are seven milk stations under direction of the New York milk 
committee, and one or more each that are maintained separately by 
the Good Samaritan Dispensary and the Diet Kitchen Association. 
YTiile the first depot was organized in New York in 1889, other 
cities soon took up the work, and during the past two years the move- 
ment has progressed rapidly, no less than 6 cities having organized 
milk depots during 1907. 
It is shown that 159 stations were in operation during the present 
season in the 22 cities from which data was secured, 55 of which will 
be maintained during the entire year. 
In only 4 of the 20 cities were depots maintained at public expense 
and supervised by officials of the municipalities; all the others owed 
their existence to private philanthropy, which has set the example in 
the solution of this great public-health problem, as it has in so many 
others of economic and vital importance to the State. 
The following table contains data regarding the source and char- 
acter of the milk used, whether it was modified under professional 
supervision, whether it was pasteurized and the method followed, and 
the amounts distributed during 1907 : 
Cities in Avhich are 
located infants’ 
milk depots. 
Source and char- 
acter of milk 
used. 
Whether modified 
and by whom. 
Whether pasteur- 
ized and tempera- 
ture used. 
Amount of milk 
distributed dur- 
ing present sea- 
son. 
New York, N. Y... 
Milk certified by 
the Medical 
Milk Commis- 
sion. 
Modifications are 
prepared in ac- 
cordance with 
formulae of phy- 
sicians. 
All milk is pasteur- 
ized by exposure 
for 20 minutes to 
a temperature of 
157° F. No milk 
is sold twenty- 
four hours after 
preparation. 
From Jan. 1 to 
Sept. 15,1907, the 
Straus depots 
alone dispensed 
2,917,336 bottles 
and 1,222,045 
glasses. 
Yonkers, N. Y 
Plain milk 
Modified under su- 
pervision of phj’^- 
sician. 
Pasteurized by ex- 
posure for 20 min- 
utes to tempera- 
ture of 176° F. 
60 quarts daily. 
Rochester, N. Y... 
Central station 
in charge of 
trained nurse 
located at the 
farm. Cows are 
tuberculin 
tested. 
Modified under su- 
pervision of a 
phj'sician. 
No 
1 6,000 to 7,000 
quarts delivered 
in nursing bot- 
tles ready for 
use. 
