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It was pointed out in the discussion that more sleep was
necessary for growing and working young people than was at
present allowed in many of the public schools.
The subject of Milk Supply, with special reference to the
Feeding of Infants, was once more very much in evidence, and
several very interesting papers and discussions had relation to
this problem.
Abundant reasons were adduced for the establishment of
Municipal Milk Depots, and it was declared that children were
dying by thousands every year for the lack of such provision.
The Liverpool Municipal Milk Depots were again described
in detail, and the large amount of encouraging work carried out
in that city at an annual cost of £1,200.
Councillor A. W. Short, of Bootle, advocated the Municipalisation
of the milk supply in its entirety.
Another view of the question was given in the advocating of
a reform coming from America, in which the production of
Medically certified milk was described as carried out at one of the
Farms under the New York Medical Committee. By this system
practically everything except the milk itself is sterilised, and the
natural product, thus assured a high pitch of cleanliness, sells at
a shilling a quart to the well-to-do New Yorker. One passage
from this paper may be worth quoting:— "The day's work commenced
at 4.30 a.m. every morning by each cow being led singly,
and in turn, from their living stable into the washing and cleaning
shed. Here they are washed with sponges and brushes in antiseptic
water, and dried with sterilised towels. As each cow is
finished off, a lad leads it by the halter to the milking shed, where