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moribund condition), and 22 per cent., though not suffering
from wasting or disease, being, nevertheless, in the majority
of cases, below par constitutionally.
The Milk Depot is under strict medical supervision, and,
consequently, in dealing w ith the medical record of cases, 1
have taken the first consecutive 100 infants and children
who have been entered upon the register, so that the record
may be as fair and as representative as possible. These 100
infants and children are taken from amongst the general
public, and do not include the cases sent by the Guardians,
for the reason that these latter have been under the medical
care and supervision of the Guardians' own medical officers,
who have been good enough to report to me direct. It may
be mentioned, in passing, that the Report of Dr. Johnson
(the Medical Officer of the Guardians' Norwood Schools)
deals with five infants and children, who were suffering from
grave constitutional diseases at the time of commencing the
milk, and who did splendidly upon it, the results being as
good as, if not better than, any tabulated in this Report—
the infants and children being fed on the milk for consecutive
periods of four months each; whereas, with respect to
the Lambeth Infirmary and Workhouse cases, the periods
of time during which the infants and children were fed upon
the milk are too short (average is under three weeks) to
warrant any satisfactory conclusions being drawn (vide
Addendum to this Report).
2.—Particulars as to states of Health of infants and
children fed upon the Milk.
The 100 infants and children, dealt with in this Report,
may be classified as to their states of health, at the time of
being put upon the milk, as follows :—
Healthy (i.e., not wasted nor diseased, but
below par constitutionally) 22
Wasting 46
Moribund 4
Diseased (e.g., cancer and paralysis 1, double
rupture 1, weak chest and spine 2,
consumption of bowels 4, sickness and
diarrhoea 19, sickness and constipation i 28
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