Antara kesan revolusi perindustrian di Britain 1760-1840 ialah penglibatan ramai wanita dalam tenaga kerja industri. Bagi kalangan mereka yang baru melahirkan anak, hambatan produktiviti menerbitkan keperluan mengawal selia peranan keibuan mereka dengan lebih ketat lagi, termasuk hal-hal berkaitan penyusuan dan pemakanan anak mereka. Keadaan ini dijHal ini telah menerbitkan keperluan bagi wanita-wanita ini mengawal selia aktiviti . penghasilan produk-produk berasaskan susu

- 1839: Manufacture of cans - 1850s: Bottle feeding increased sharply with new shaped bottles & india-rubber teats. Increased infantile diarrhea. - Mid-1860s: Powdered milk available in Britain. - Around 1871: Technology for the extraction of water from and condensation of milk [ Enable milk and milk products to be kept for lengthy periods without deterioration, provided the means by which milk could be safely shipped to and marketed in the colonies. ] - Early 1870s: evidence collected of links between infant diarrhea with infant feeding, urban living, women working in factories, environment (summer diarrhea). - 1872: Dr Daly presented direct correlation between use of condensed milk and recurring diarrhea. - Mid-1880s: Nestle tinned milk was already available in Singapore, and unassuming advertisements appeared sporadically in The Straits Times.