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“ Weighing children is a means of ascertaining their rate of growth. All children should make a regular annual gain. These tables should be used as a means of interesting parents in their children’s growth.
Lay infant on table on which has been placed an accurate measure. Stand child with heels and shoulders against a wall upon which has been marked or pasted an accurate measure.
Encourage the annual physical examination of every child by a physician.
WEIGHT-HEIGHT-AGE TABLE FOR GIRLS OF SCHOOL AGE
Height
(inches) Average
weight for
height (lbs.) ”

“ All the other weights represent averages for each inch in height and age of the children observed in this study. Prepared by Bird T. Baldwin, Ph.D., Iowa Child Welfare Research Station, State University of Iowa, and Thomas D. Wood, M.D., Columbia University, New York City. ”