4 Cow’s Milk: A New Image for the 1920s

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures and Tables ix
4. Acknowledgments x
5. Introduction 1
6. Establishing a Food Surveillance System in Canada 10
7. Infant Mortality, Malnutrition, and Social Reform Prior to the First World War 20
8. The Medical Profession and Infant Feeding to the 1920s 29
9. Cow’s Milk: A New Image for the 1920s 40
10. The First National Infant Feeding Guidelines in Canada 50
11. Food Safety and Marketing and the Role of the Medical Profession in Dispensing Nutritional Advice in the 1930s 58
12. Food Supply during the Depression 69
13. Mortality from Nutritional Deficiency Diseases during the Depression 89
14. The Canadian Council on Nutrition and the First National Dietary Standard 98
15. Conclusion 113
16. References 125
17. Index 135