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157
tles of milk distributed during the year was 179601, giving
a weekly average of 3454, and a daily average of 493*
Amongst the 180 new infants and children fed upon the
Depot milk there have been 8 deaths, but these require careful
analysis. Thus, of the 8 infants and children who died,
the periods during which they had been fed upon the Depot
milk varied from a minimum 3 days to a maximum 13 weeks,
thus:—
Length of time during which
milk was used previous
to death.
No. of
Infants &
children
fed.
No. of
deaths.
Mortality
rate
per
1000.
(a) Infants and children fed for
26 weeks and over 19 0 nil
(b) Infants and children fed
13—26 weeks 35 0 nil
(c) Infants and children fed
6—13 weeks 50 1 20
(d) Infants and children fed
4—6 weeks 19 1 53
(e) Infants and children fed
under 4 weeks 57 6 105
180 8 44
i.e., the longer an infant or child is fed upon the Depot
milk, the better its chance of living.
Of class (e), the periods during which the 6 infants and
children who died had been fed upon the Depot milk were
24, 12, 7, 4, 4 and 3 days respectively, so that these deaths
cannot fairly be classified as deaths connected with the Depot.
*See Footnote to Table on pp. 160-161.