CO129-378 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1911 [6-7] — Page 315

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Dear Sirs,

I have carefully examined the analyses, of the condensed milk (Volunteer Brand), made by Messrs Watson and by the Government analyst, and I have compared them with other

standard analyses of milk.

I find that the composition of "Volunteer Brand* agreed very closely with that of machine skimmed milk except that owing to concentration it has a much smaller proportion of water, and that it contains in addition a fairly large percentage of cane sugar, which is no doubt added for the

purpose of preservation.

It is evident therefore that "Volunteer Brand" contains all the nutirtive properties that are contained in skimmed milk and that there are no injurious preservatives

added to it.

It is not advisable to bring up a baby under a year old on skimmed milk only, because owing to the removal of the cream there is not a sufficient percentage of fatty matter left to satisfy the wants of the human infant, but there is nothing actually injurious to the infant in skimmed milk, and where poor persons cannot afford to buy whole milk, skimmed milk is a much more suitable food for a baby than many of the patent infants' foods that are so extensively used in these days, and it is a still more suitable than a pap made of rice and water which is often employed for babies by the poorer classes in this Colony.

After the age of one year skimmed milk, such as "Volunteer Brand", is well suited as a food for children because

the deficiency of fat can be easily made up by giving bread and dripping or margarine, and owing to skimmed milk being cheaper than whole milk, parents of the poorer class are able to purchase skimmed milk for their children who otherwise would

not get any milk at all.

Messrs W. G. Humphreys & Sons.

Youga faltafullaman

M.D., B.S. London