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was guaranteed to come from clean cows, kept under clean con
ditions, milked only by clean men, or would at any rate take the
trouble to enquire which milk-sellers in any immediate neighbourhood
gave most attention to sanitary conditions, and would
confine their patronage to such vendors, Sanitary Authorities would
be greatly helped in their endeavours to obtain a clean milk
supply. The need for reform in the conditions at present prevailing
in reference to the transit of milk was urgently put forward,
it being declared that special ice vans should be a sine qua non.
It was pointed out again and again that the most important point
in securing the purity and good quality of the milk was that it
should be produced by healthy and clean cows, kept in healthy and
clean surroundings, and periodical and frequent inspection of
dairies was strongly recommended. A Resolution was passed
urging the Council of the Royal Institute of Public Health to
consider the whole question with a view to securing in the interests
of the public health a clean milk supply for the consumer.
"Hinging very much upon this question was the consideration
of the excessive infantile mortality in large towns, and upon this
point several papers were read, showing the good work that had
been done amongst communities where Municipal Milk Depots
for the supply of humanized milk had been inaugurated. It was
shewn that both at Liverpool and Battersea the infantile mortality
had been considerably reduced, and it was thought that the provision
of these Milk Depots for the use of children who for one
reason or another were deprived of the natural mother's milk, had
been of great benefit. It is not in the slightest advocated that this
milk should take the place of ordinary mother's milk, but should
be only used to take the place of cow's milk, or other artificial