The report of the Philadelphia baby saving show, and the proceedings of the Conference on infant hygiene . i B^^ ^ ^?.s^^l ii-^l 1 m 1 ? ^ ?^ ?^ ^ ^ ? ^ ? ^fl 1 Fig. 1.—In order to ascertain the efficiency of tbe establishment of milk depots, the mortality in thetowns ha\-ing milk depots in 1904 was compared with that of the same towns in the year 1898, and,as seen in this chart, the mortality in all the eleven towns containing milk depots showed somediminution. are some babies, at least in some institutions, who cannot be brought up on anyartificial food. These children need breast milk, and
The report of the Philadelphia baby saving show, and the proceedings of the Conference on infant hygiene . i B^^ ^ ^?.s^^l ii-^l 1 m 1 ? ^ ?^ ?^ ^ ^ ? ^ ? ^fl 1 Fig. 1.—In order to ascertain the efficiency of tbe establishment of milk depots, the mortality in thetowns ha\-ing milk depots in 1904 was compared with that of the same towns in the year 1898, and,as seen in this chart, the mortality in all the eleven towns containing milk depots showed somediminution. are some babies, at least in some institutions, who cannot be brought up on anyartificial food. These children need breast milk, and if our institutions couldarrange to supply a moderate amount of breast milk to very young babies thatwill not thrive on artificial food, their mortality would be greatly reduced. PROCEEDINGS OF CO\FERE^CE OX LXFAXT IIVGIEXE 193 Under the best conditions the babies are very rare that cannot be successfullyfed on artificial food, and wet-nurses are seldom resorted to in private practiceby resourceful pediatricians. In private practice, where few babies are breast-fed, and then only for the. Fig. i.—In order to be sure that this was not due to other conditions than the milk depots, the mortalityin the same year of these eleven towns was compared with eleven neighboring towns in w-hich nomilk depots were established, and it was found that in the last eleven towns there was an invariableincrease in mortality in VMi over 1898. first three or six months, not one in 150 dies during the first year, as against theinfant mortahty of 21 in 150 in New York City. So that this enormous mortalitywould seem theoretically to be largely controllable by supplying these babies in 194 REPORT OF THE PHILADELPHIA BABY SAVING SHOW 3 Cor^MoNt^ nn, DH CoH-bULTATiOH He. r^our^r^i^^oH^ the tenements with proper food, and, as we shall see later, the result of doing thishas been remarkable. Several different organizations have been used for the reduction of infantmortality, and in France, where, on accou
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