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376. E.L. (m.). Very small at birth (4½ lbs.), and wasting
when coming on the Depot at 6 weeks old. Took the
milk well, and gained weight steadily. Was 16 lbs.
13 oz. at 10 months old (last time of weighing); was
Depot fed for 14 months, and was well and healthy on
leaving Depot.
341. H.B. (m.) Born in the Home for Mothers and Babies,
premature, very delicate, 4 lb. 15 oz. at birth. Depot
fed from two weeks old. Weighed 21 lb. 4 oz. at a year
old. Was quite strong and healthy on ceasing Depot
milk at 19 months.
431. A.L. (f.) Mother in an advanced state of Phthisis
when this child was born, and died within a month after
confinement. The child was Depot fed from a few
days old, and made good progress on the whole in spite
of delicacy, and two attacks of broncho-pneumonia.
3a. E.E. (f.) Started Depot milk when three weeks old.
Was very small at birth, and had a very weak digestion.
She required special modification, and much watching
throughout the first year. She is a fragile kind of child.
Weighed 20 lbs. at one year old.
53a. A.B. (m.) Started Depot milk at five months old.
He was then much wasted, and only weighed 8 lb.
12 oz. Just before he came on the Depot he had been
refused by the Infants' Hospital in Vincent Square as a
hopeless case. He began to gain weight at once on
Depot milk, and although he had had two severe attacks
of bronchitis, he seemed likely to thrive when his
parents left the district. He was 14 months old.
Deaths of Depot-fed Infants. The health of Depot infants,
as judged by the number of deaths, was more satisfactory last
year than in 1907 and 1908. Only four children died while on
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