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Mother's milk and infant death in Britain, circa 1900-1940 (2003)
Journal Article
Atkins, P. (2003). Mother's milk and infant death in Britain, circa 1900-1940. Anthropology of food, 2,

My contribution to this journal issue is to reconstruct the darker side of the most popular of infant foods. I will give a brief overview of contamination and disease in Britain's milk supply between 1880 and 1940, with particular reference to the im... Read More about Mother's milk and infant death in Britain, circa 1900-1940.