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that the mother may be encouraged and instructed with regard to
cleanliness of bottles and teats, and warned against continually
changing the food at the suggestion of kindly, but often ignorant,
friends and relations.
It is in this connection that I have found the instituting of
some sort of milk depot most valuable.
Most of the children can be brought to the depot and are
weighed and inspected from time to time, and supplied with a
preparation of pure fresh waterless milk. The particular form I
have been using is called "Glaxo," and my results have been very
satisfactory indeed.
I append a list of cases which have been fed
npon it, giving ages, reasons for feeding and results.
Age of
Infant.
How Fed, Reasons for hand Feeding.
First Weighing.
Last Weighing
10 wks.
No breast milk. Tried in succession
cow's milk and barley
water, and various patent foods
At 10 wks. put on dried milk
7th Sept.
6lbs. 8ozs.
4th Jan.
10lbs. 3oz.
9 wks.
Breast fed till 9th week, progress
unsatisfactory; put on
dried milk to supplement
breast milk, from 3 months
dried milk only
31st Aug.
8lbs. 12ozs.
1st Feb.
12lbs. 4oz.
3 wks.
Hand fed (dried milk) entirely
owing to condition of mother's
health
15th Oct.
7lbs. 8oz.
18th Jan.
11lbs. 6oz.
5 mths.
Breast fed, unsatisfactory progress;
put on dried milk to
supplement breast milk
14th Nov.
8lbs. 80z.
2nd Jan.
9lbs. 12oz.