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- Title
- Saving Through Education: Will You Reprint This?
- Description
- A double-sided postcard promoting healty diets for inants and children aged 18 months to three years, including sample breakfast, lunch, and dinner menus. The abilities of science and common sense to reduce infant mortality are also touted. On the back, photos depicting a plump, healthy baby and a guant, distressed baby are contrasted. "A Story" accompanies the images, as does the New York Milk Committee's address, where care givers can find more information to "make mother knowing."
- Subjects (LC)
- Infants, Nutrition, Food, Menus, Poetry
- ID
- mk1e015
- Geographic Subject
- New York. New York City.
- Collection
- New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection
- Title
- The House with the Blue Front: Babies' Pure Milk Stations
- Description
- A four-sided circular containing the reprinted text of the article, "The House With the Blue Front," published by the New York Times on Sunday, May 14, 1911. The article highlights and justifies the educational outreach program instituted by the New York Milk Committee as a facet of their fight against infant mortality. This program includes maternal education programs conducted both at milk stations and in the home by visiting nurses. Photographs illustrating these "consultation classes" accompany the text.
- Subjects (LC)
- Milk depots, Infants, Mothers, Education
- ID
- mk1e016
- Geographic Subject
- New York. New York City.
- Collection
- New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection
- Title
- Registered Baby
- Description
- New York Milk Committee form M-6-28-11-5000, a blank printed card for recording the results of infant/family attendance at medical consultations and of home visits made by Committe nurses. The back side of the card is a continuation of the form found on the front.
- Subjects (LC)
- Infants, Health, Maternal and infant welfare
- ID
- mk1e024
- Geographic Subject
- New York. New York City.
- Collection
- New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection
- Title
- A 6% Dividend Paid in 1912
- Description
- A single sheet folded leaflet stating that "8,643 children under 5 years of age" were saved in 1912 thanks to a 6 percent reduction in the infant mortality rate from 1911. This "6% dividend" was paid as a result of the increased availablity of clean milk provided by the New York Milk Committee. The inside provides a bar graph displaying the continously falling infant mortality rate from 1901 to 1905, and asks the reader to consider what the record for 1913 will be if this trend can be continued.
- Subjects (LC)
- Infants, Mortality, Milk hygiene, Nutrition, Statistics
- ID
- mk1e003
- Geographic Subject
- New York. New York City.
- Collection
- New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection
- Title
- Special Bulletin
- Description
- A report containing errata to previously published reports of the New York Milk Committee. Included are tables of corrected infant mortality data for the cities of Indianapolis, Passaic, and Perth Amboy between 1906 and 1916. On the back, quotes from the Health Officer of each city add further context to the errors.
- Subjects (LC)
- Infants, Mortality, Statistics, Cities and towns
- ID
- mk1e045
- Geographic Subject
- New York. New York City.
- Collection
- New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection
- Title
- Case History Card: Conditions Previous to Admittance
- Description
- New York Milk Committee form H-8-29-11-5000, a blank card for recording data about an infant's health and health history, housing situation, and nationality. Additionally, an area for the recording of economic information about the infant's parents is also provided.
- Subjects (LC)
- Infants, Families, Maternal and infant welfare, Health
- ID
- mk1e027
- Geographic Subject
- New York. New York City.
- Collection
- New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection
- Title
- To the Wet Nurse Registry of the N.Y. Milk Committee
- Description
- Blank application card for a woman seeking a position as a wet nurse with the New York Milk Committee. Applicants are asked to provide their age, nationality, age of any children they may have, their current location, and whether or not any referrals have been made on their behalf.
- Subjects (LC)
- Breastfeeding, Wet nurses
- ID
- mk1e020
- Geographic Subject
- New York. New York City.
- Collection
- New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection
- Title
- Expectant Mother
- Description
- Blank form for use by the Committee for the Reduction of Infant Mortality, a division of the New York Milk Committee, on which the personal and physical details of an expectant mother -- work situation, information about previous pregnancies, miscarriages, and infant feeding methods -- is recorded.
- Subjects (LC)
- Infants, Pregnancy, Pregnant women, Maternal and infant welfare, Health, Childbirth, Breastfeeding, Bottle feeding, Bottle feeding
- ID
- mk1e025
- Geographic Subject
- New York. New York City.
- Collection
- New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection
- Title
- Diet for Child from 12th to 18th Month
- Description
- New York Milk Committee information card describing the recommended diet for a child aged 12 to 18 months. The card provides alternative menus for the infant's first meal of the day, mid-morning snack, noon, afternoon, and evening meals, most of which call for, in part, the consumption of milk. Total milk intake over a twenty-four hour period is recommended to be between 1 and 1.25 quarts.
- Subjects (LC)
- Infants, Nutrition, Food, Menus
- ID
- mk1e030
- Geographic Subject
- New York. New York City.
- Collection
- New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection
- Title
- Diet for Child from 3 to 6 Years
- Description
- New York Milk Committee information card describing the recomended diet for a child aged 3 to 6 years. The card provides alternative menus for the child's breakfast, mid-morning snack, dinner, and supper.
- Subjects (LC)
- Children, Nutrition, Food, Menus
- ID
- mk1e033
- Geographic Subject
- New York. New York City.
- Collection
- New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection
- Title
- Diet for Child from 2 to 3 Years
- Description
- New York Milk Committee information card describing the recomended diet for a child aged 2 to 3 years. The card provides alternative menus for the child's breakfast, mid-morning snack, dinner, and supper.
- Subjects (LC)
- Children, Nutrition, Food, Menus
- ID
- mk1e032
- Geographic Subject
- New York. New York City.
- Collection
- New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection
- Title
- Are Clean Milk Producers Benefited?
- Description
- "Milk is no longer 'Just Milk," states this leaflet. Reproducing an excerpt form "The Milk Reporter," the case is made that the highest quality of milk will recieve the highest level of montary gain, benefiting clean milk producers. Grades for milk (A, B, C) and the equivalent price set for each, are also included.
- Subjects (LC)
- Milk hygiene, Dairying, Milk--Grading
- ID
- mk1e004
- Geographic Subject
- New York. New York City.
- Collection
- New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection
- Title
- Diet for Child from 18th to 24th Month
- Description
- New York Milk Committee information card describing the recommended diet for a child aged 18 to 24 months. The card provides alternative menus for the infant's breakfast, mid-morning snack, dinner, and supper, most of which call for, in part, the consumption of milk. Total milk intake over a twenty-four hour period is recommended to be 1.5 quarts.
- Subjects (LC)
- Infants, Nutrition, Food, Menus
- ID
- mk1e031
- Geographic Subject
- New York. New York City.
- Collection
- New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection