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- 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
- The Baby and the Budget
- Description
- Headlines from the New York Evening Post, the New York Tribune, and the NY Times are reproduced on this 1911 postcard created by the New York Milk Committee. They read: "The Baby and the Budget," "Why More Doctors, Nurses, and Inspectors Are Needed," and "The 'Cops' Spread the News." That "News" is the promotion of the work of milk stations in preventing infant deaths and advocacy for the full budgetary allocation by the NYC Department of Health towards the summer time reduction of infant mortality. 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, Milk hygiene, Infants, Nutrition, Public welfare, Administrative agencies
- ID
- mk1e012
- Geographic Subject
- New York. New York City.
- Collection
- New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection
- Title
- Dirt in Loose Milk Shops
- Description
- This postcard produced by the New York Milk Committe's Committee for the Reduction of Infant Mortality reprints a July 26, 1911 NY Evening Post article entitled, "Dirt in Loose-Milk Shops." The article recounts the findings of the Committee's investigations, in coordination with the New York City Department of Health, into the bacterial contamination of milk sold in bulk. On the postcard verso a photo of sickly baby fed on contaminated milk is contrasted with the photo of a healthy baby under the question,"Is It Worth the Difference?"
- Subjects (LC)
- Milk, Food adulteration and inspection, Infants, Milk hygiene, Food contamination, Food spoilage
- ID
- mk1e013
- 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