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These 180 infants and children may be classified, as to their
states of health at the time of being put upon the Depot milk,
as follows:—Healthy,(i.e., showing no sign of wasting or
disease though below par constitutionally) 48, wasting 101,
moribund 6, diseased 25, total 180. The diseases from which
the 25 infants and children were actually suffering at the
time of being put upon the Depot milk were:—Diarrhoea
and sickness 6, bronchitis 4, sickness 7, diarrhoea, 1, crippled
1, consumption of the bowels 2, constipation 1, convulsions
1, and hernia 2.
The periods during which the 180 infants and children continued
to use the Depot milk were :—
26 weeks and over 19
13—26 weeks 35
6—13 weeks 50
4—6 weeks 19
Under 4 weeks 57
180
It will be noted that 57.8 per cent. used the milk for periods
extending from 6 to 26 weeks and over, whilst 31.7 per cent.
used the milk for short varying periods under 4 weeks. The
reasons assigned for discontinuing the Depot milk after varying
intervals, were:—(1) leaving the neighbourhood; (2)
unable, or too far, to send; (3) by order of medical attendant;
(4) unable to afford to pay; (5) unsuitable. In connection with
those parents who were unable to pay, the private voluntary
benevolent fund which has been opened at the Depot was
found useful, though small in amount, several deserving
cases being assisted therefrom.
The average weekly number of infants and children fed
upon the Depot milk during 1908 is 74, varying from a
minimum 60 to a maximum 95), and the total number of bot-