Pasteurized Milk at Randall's Island
1911; American Medical Association; Volume: LVI; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1001/jama.1911.02560060053026
ISSN2376-8118
Autores Tópico(s)Literature Analysis and Criticism
ResumoTo the Editor: —InThe Journal(Jan. 7, 1911, p. 20), there appeared a very interesting paper on infant mortality by Drs. Koehler and Drake. On page 23 were the following paragraph and table: The Mortality at the Infant Asylum at Randall's Island. —When the infants in the care of the City of New York were fed on milk from a carefully selected herd pastured on the island, the death-rate was as shown in the first part of Table 5. A pasteurizing plant was installed in the early part of 1898. No other change in diet or hygiene was made. The Department of Charities published no reports from 1894 to 1902. Examination of the original records shows that, while the figures are correct for the most part, the accompanying statements and deductions are erroneous. Similar assertions have been made before and refuted in public meetings at the New York Academy
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