EXPERIMENTS IN MALNUTRITION
The results from this experiment were as follows:—
Total gain in weight of Group A (whole milk) 28.37 pounds.
Total gain in weight of Group B (condensed milk) 34.62 pounds.
Average gain in weight per child in Group A, 1.77 pounds.
Average gain in weight per child in Group B, 2.16 pounds.
Expected gain per month 0.50 pounds.
The total gain in weight for Group B which had the condensed milk feedings exceeded the total gain of Group A by 6.25 pounds, and the average gain per child for Group B was 0.39 pounds more than for Group A.
The resulting figures of this preliminary experiment may be taken to indicate that sweetened condensed milk has a par value with fluid milk (pasteurized) in the treatment of malnourished children of school age. Similar experiments now under way tend to verify the results herein reported.” ***** Dr. Lewis Sanman, N. Y. C., in his report entitled “P. S. No. 38, N. Y. C., Experiment with Undernourished Children,” contributes still further data regarding the place of condensed milk in the diet of the mal-nourished child.
“During the Summer of 1922 The Borden Company undertook an experiment to show the relative value of condensed milk and whole milk as a food for some forty-six children selected from Public School No. 38, N. Y. C.
These children were selected from the most poorly nourished and one group of twenty-three was given 200 calories of condensed milk daily and the other group a like amount of whole milk for a period of three months.
The Out Patients Department of St. Vincent’s Hospital, New York, agreed to examine these children before and after the feeding experiment. This examination included a complete physical examination, a complete blood count and X-ray examination. An X-ray picture was taken of the right forearm including the elbow and wrist.
The feeding was carried out under the direction of representatives of the Borden Company and a considerable amount of hygienic instruction was given in the homes of these children in both groups.
23
