Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-07-19
BABY WELT ARE
AND MILK DEPOT
J MAY BE STARTED
Board of Health at Meeting
4 Hears Report of Health
officer

Definite action toward the open
ing of a milk or infant welfare
station was again postponed by
the Board of Health at its meet
ing last night. The board went
on record to await the reports be-
ing made from the investigation
now being made in the western
part of the city as to the advisa-
bility of locating an infant well
fare station in that vicinity.
DR.. Charles I. Silk, president of
the board said that there is al
ready an infant welfare station
that is doing good work at the
library under the Department of
Child Hygiene, New Jersey State
Department of Health. The plan
of the board as discussed last
night was to carry on work that
would not conflict with that sta
tion.
1t is possible that the boarapl1ay
open both an infant welfare and
milk station. DR.. Silk explained
what he considered to be the work
of each and said that the two
could work together. As he un-
derstood it, he said, the milk sta
tion was principally for children
over ! year of age, who are drink
ing other substances than milk,
such as tea, coffee or even former
ly beer. Milk is a substitute for
other forms of food, he said, but
there is no substitute for milk. The
purpose of milk station then
would be to encourage the con-
sumption of milk among children
and the purpose of the infant well
fare station would be to instruct
in the care Of infants from the pre-
natal stage until they were old
enough to eat solid foods.
A child under twelve years of age
should drink at least one quart of
1ulih Qdlly, LII. DIX SdlO. IL CeEllucQ
milk could not be accorded, then pas
teurized or raw milk was better than
coffee or condensed milk, the doctor
said.
DR.. Urbanski objected to the intro
duction of an infant welfare station
on the grounds that the physician in
charge would probably give inssruc-
tions which might conflict with the
child's regular family physician. He
said that he understood that the
boards purpose was to establish a
milk station as a relief during the
summer and that if action was not
taken directly the summer would be
over. In answer to the first objection
DR.. Silk said that the doctor in
charge would be limited to advising
persons without physicians.
The report of Health Officer DR.
Charles S. Thompson recommending
an infant welfare station in this city
an outline of which was given pre-
viously in the EVENING NEWS fol-
lows:
Since my last report, have had
occasion to attend a committee meet
ing of the several committees from
three different city departments for
the purpose of discussing ways and
means by which a venereal clinic
building could be secured for this
city and you gentlemen are fully
aware of the result.
Since our last meeting, time has
been mostly taken up by investigat-
ing milk stations, and i most respect
fully report these findings.
At Orange. N. j., the Department
of Health conduct public milk sta
tion from which they sell pasteurized
milk only. at cost trivial lower
than the retail price
They do not pay. particular atten-
ton to infant feeding. They simply
encourage the sale of pasteurized
milk. disposing of 1880 to 1000
quarts daily.
At Montclair, N. J., they are do
Ing practically the same thing and
differ only that the depot is in charge
of some dealer who sells only raw
milk i will also say right here that
the milk supply of this town con-
sists chiefly of raw milk. The Health
Department only maintains a strict
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