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The information obtained by them in 1906 may be given in
tabular form:—
3.642 births visited
518 = 15 per cent. unknown
266 = 7 „ out or dead
2,828 = 78 „ particulars obtained
962 = 34 „ Doctor attended
1,809 = 64 „ Midwife attended alone
50 = 2 „ attendance not stated
2,257 = 79.8 „ Baby breast-fed
291 = 12.9 „ „ „ and biscuits, bread,
or other food
110 = 3.8 „ „ „ and milk
47 = l-6 ,, Milk alone given
99 = 3.7 „ Condensed milk alone
24 = 0.8 „ Prepared food
'The importance of this subject and the complicated nature of the
problem involved in arresting it was brought prominently before the
public by a National Conference held in London on 13th and 14th
June, which was attended by the Chairman of the Public Health
Committee and myself. The deliberations of the Conference resulted
in the passing of the following Resolutions:—
(1) That the Education Department be urged to add instruction
in elementary hygiene with reference to the dietary
and rearing of infants to their present scheme for
systematically training girls in the senior classes in the
practice and principles of personal hygiene and the
elements of dietary.
(2) That in the opinion of this Conference immediate
lation is required, enabling Sanitary Authorities to
establish or support depots for the supply of pure, or
modified, or sterilized milk, and to defray the cost out
of the monies available for public health purposes.
(3) That, in view of the information submitted, the Conference
is of opinion that all still-births should be notified