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follow its use. Having regard to the condition of the majority
of the infants when admitted, and who are using the milk for,
in most cases, long periods, it would be reasonable to expect
that rickets would be, under such circumstances, a very common
affection if the use of sterilised milk favoured its development.
The following is a summary of the work carried out by
Miss Moss in connection with the prevention of infantile
mortality during 1907 :—
Total number of visits 2,387
Births visited (registered and midwives') 1,288
Number of visits and re-visits to homes of
infants fed from Infants' Milk Depot 846
Sanitary defects remedied 61
Infantile deaths visited 127
Miscellaneous visits (sick children, neglected
children, overcrowding, and dirty homes) 60
Attendances at weighing room 70
Number of weights registered 1,822
New milk customers visited 441
Number of babies who attended at weighing
room 294
1 attendance 52
2 attendances 38
3 ,, 42
4 ,, 39
5 ,, 23
6 ,, 8
8 ,, 11
8 ,, 13
9 ,, 14
10 ,, 7
11 ,, 10
12 ,, 7
13 ,, 5
14 ,, 4
15 ,, 6