New Britain herald., 1921-07-08
PURER MILK SEEN AS BABIES SAVIOR
Nathan Straus Prepares Paper
 on Care of Infants

London, July 8.-A paper by Ma han Straus of New York, dealing with the improvement of infant health con- ditions through the use of pasteurlzed milk, was read by Dr. s. G. H. Moore, health officer of Huddersfield. at the Conference on Infant Welfare held here under the patronage of the King and Queen.
 MT. Straus' paper stated that it was his original purpose, when the mllk campaign was inaugurated in 1892, to check the ravages from summer com plains which attacked infants in thelr second summer. At that tune, MT. Straus asserted, a large percentage of children succumbed from intestlona1 trouble in their second summer when the change was made from mothers milk to "the infected milk of the ccw."
 'Of 1,347,O89 deaths in the United States in 1914, PTS, ,52O were of babies under two years and 65,298 of these deaths were from intestional dis | orders mainly infectious diseases due l to germs conveyed in milk" MT. | Straus' paper stated. l "As the germ theory became the l subject of extensive scientific re- search it became evident that germs caused other diseases, in addition to tuberculosis and intestional poison. l Typhoid scarlet, diphtheria, l sceptic sore throat and measles, all 1 these diseases were found to be caused by germs in milk.
 | There are records of numerous ! epidemic wrich secured New York tablished that the milk supply had been the carrier of the germs. The
 most striking of all was my exper-
 fence during the infantile paralysis
 epideic which scourged New Yorl
 during the summer of 1916. Of 2,10( children who were entirely fed on the pasteurized milk prepared at my lab
 oratory, not a single case of the dis
 ease developed. When this fact be
 came known, I was besieged by fran
 tic mothers for information"
 MT. Straus advised these inquirers to use pasteurized milk or. to boi
 it if they were unable to obtain milk
 so treated. He told of the estab- lishment of his milk depots in vari- ous parts of New York city where trained attendants advised the moth CTS in the care of infants The ex-
 tent to which his pioneer work had been followed was shown in the pa per by the fact that 100 infant milk depots had been established in New York 25 in Philadelphia, 20 in Chi.
 cago and 12 in St. Louis. Altogether in the United States, MT. Straus said Cto icfr ir
 36 cities. ...#. By this means milk at one cent {
 large glass free from any possi b1t
 infection,'' was bought within the
 reach of children. In some sum
 mers 1,5O0,o0Q, glasses were dispensed through these stations.
 To enable people who desired tt
 pasteurised milk for their own use h. devised a pasteurizer that could b. used in the homes and sold then ! at cost or gave them to those wh,
 could not afford to pay. He pre-
 scented a complete pasteurizing plan
 to the City of Philadelphia and quot
 ed figures showing the reduction o infant mortality which ensued.
 MT. Straus told of the opposition
 which he asserted arose from the sel
 fshness and ignorance of dairyme
 and milk dealers and said it was al
 incessant fight to compel them t
 pasteurize their milk.
 All his social work, whether i
 propaganda for presentation or i his Health Department in Jerusaler I was open to all. The milk was pro t vided without distinction of race, reli = zion or color.
 Concluding, he stated: "I have tn ;, satisfaction of worldwide recogni n ton of the importance of putting a t end to the criminal and unnecessar
 waste of child, life through milk pois -- oning.
 1, "Pasteurization must become o world movement-a movement tha e will prevent disease-that will kee 1T the babies in health-that will glad $ den the hearts of mothers, that wi l. make this world healthier, happle