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Title: Should Midsummer Urgency Be Met By Midsummer Appeal?
Description: Articles from the NY Times and the New York Press are reproduced on this 1911 postcard printed by the New York Milk Committee's Bureau of Municipal Research. "Asks $10,000 To Aid Babies," from the Times, highlights the efforts of Commissioner Lederle to increase city appropriations for the service of milk depots. "Why Milk Stations Are Worth While," from the NY Press, compares infant mortality statistics from 1911 to those of the previous year, noting the crucial role played by milk stations in the current year's reduction of deaths. A portrait of a healthy baby and a list of "Babies' Rights,"almost all of which deal with milk, are found on the postcard verso.
Subjects (LC): Milk, Health, Mortality, Law and legislation
ID: mk1e011
Geographic Subject: New York. New York City.
Collection: New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection

Title: Does Fact-Recording Help Your Baby-Saving?
Description: This blank postcard promotes the achievements of the New York Milk Committee in its fight against infant mortality up to and including the week of July 29th, 1911. All statistics provided are for children under two years of age. The postcard verso includes a chart of "baby deaths for one year" -- tracking seasonal changes in mortality rates -- and asks the reader to consider, "When does the spurt come in your city?" Contact information for the New York Milk Committee is also provided.
Subjects (LC): Milk, Infants, Hygiene, Health, Mortality
ID: mk1e009
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: 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: How Many Babies Did Die? (2)
Description: A double-sided postcard commending the efforts of Montclair, New Jersey to reduce the number of infants succumbing to diarrheal disease during the hot spell of July 1911. What the mortality rate could have been in other cities, had they followed Montclair's example, is explored. On the back, parents are urged to dress their children for comfort, not looks, during hot summer months.
Subjects (LC): Child rearing, Infants' clothing, Children's clothing, Infants, Mortality, Nutrition, Statistics, Milk, Milk, Milk hygiene
ID: mk1e014m002
Geographic Subject: New York. New York City.
Collection: New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection

Title: Record of Accomplishments and Prospectus
Description: This leaflet documents the Record of Acomplishments and Prospectus of the New York Milk Committee from 1906 to 1910. Areas highlighted include research, education, the promotion of clean milk, and the initiation of legislation designed to raise the standards and quality of the milk supply. A program for fututre action in 1911 is outlined in reference to these four facets of the Committee's activities. The names of board and committee members are included on the back.
Subjects (LC): Milk, Milk depots, Milk hygiene, Infants, Mortality, Education, Legislation, Publicity, Publicity, Mothers, Tuberculosis, Dairy farming, Economic policy, Physicians
ID: mk1e002
Geographic Subject: New York. New York City.
Collection: New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection

Title: An Accomplishment (1911) and an Expectation (1912)
Description: This single folded sheet leaflet provides a summary of the New York Milk Committee's 1911 accomplishments and a prescription for future action in 1912. Among the triumphs touted are a reduction in infant mortality, the completion of a study of national milk standards, and the apportionment of a grant for the creation of 55 new Municipal Milk Stations. On the back, a reproduced still image from "Care of the Baby," a motion picture filmed for the New York Milk Committee by Thomas A. Edison, depicts mothers, infants, and nurses at a milk station.
Subjects (LC): Milk, Infants, Mortality, Milk depots, Milk hygiene, Food adulteration and inspection, Food contamination, Food spoilage, Food spoilage, Motion pictures
ID: mk1e002
Collection: New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection

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