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low, breast feeding protecting the infant against one of its most
deadly contingencies—infection through the milk, while further a
known protection against various infections (which is probably
quite specific) is afforded by the mother's milk. In Berlin from
1900-1904 only 10 per cent, of infants' deaths occurred in
breast fed babies while Laling analysing over 13,000 infants in
Baudeloque's Clinic found that of the total deaths 14 per cent,
occurred in breast fed compared with 85 per cent, in bottle
fed babies. Without further stressing this important point, of
1,000 fatal cases investigated by the Health Department of New
York City in 1908 it was found that fatal cases in breast fed
infants numbered only 9 per cent, of the total number of deaths.
ORTHOPAEDIC TREATMENT FOR CHILDREN UNDER 3
YEARS OF AGE AND CO-ORDINATION OF WORK WITH
THE SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE.
This has been discussed at length in the report on the School
Medical Service on pages 1, 2 and 16.
MEASLES, WHOOPING COUGH AND DIARRHOEA.

PROVISION OF FRESH AND DRIED MILK.
The three brands of dried milk in use, "Glaxo," "Cow and
Gate." and "Ambrosia," arc generally recognised as being amongst
the best, and experience of them locally justifies this opinion.