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but it is submitted that, at all events during the experimental
stage, it is better to advance at present on the basis
of a voluntary society.
2. The milk is obtained under healthy and satisfactory
ditions, and is immediately modified on the farm. No
time is lost between milking and treatment of the milk as
is inevitable if the milk be sent by rail to London before
treatment, The serious fallacy of "sterilising" unclean
milk is wholly avoided. The milk is from a Jersey herd of
healthy, clean, tubercle-free cows, and the milking operations
are all under control. The milk also is examined
periodically, both bacteriologically and chemically, and its
cleanliness ensured.
3. The management of the Dep6t is under strictly medical
supervision. The milk is not used indiscriminately, or
supplied to casual customers, but only on medical advice
after examination of the child.
4. A record is kept of each child and its progress or otherwise
definitely ascertained and recorded. Each child is examined
and weighed fortnightly, and is regularly visited
at home.
5. The method is individualised and the responsibility of the
mother is not removed. Indeed, great care is taken to
see that the mother understands how much she has to do
if she would rear a healthy child. The Dep6t does not
act in any way as a ''foster-mother,'' and does not supply
any milk if the child can be breast-fed.