[Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough.
- Darlington (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1930
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Normal Children (2800) wearing Clothing and Footwear. 5 and C Years. 7 and 8 Years. 12 and 1.3 Years. Boys, ins. lbs. Girls. ins. lbs. Boys, ins. lbs. Girls. ins. lbs. Boys, ins. lbs. Girls. ins. lbs. 'Short 30 37 38 34 45 47 45 40 54 72 1 1 ! i Medium... 42 41 42 40 48 53 48 52 58 85 .58 86 Tall 4.”) 4(J 45 40 52 04 51 50 02 103 03 100 lloAV average for Clothing and Footgear 2^ lbs. li^s. 4^ lbs. It will be seen from the above table that there is a wide xriation in height and weight among healthy children round 3ont the same age. The weight of a child dejxends upon its eight, and the only true way of estimating nutrition is to take tto consideration the weight and height in relation to age and 3X. A table of heights and weights of healthy children having een formed a survey of the children in the different age groups as then made. In the 5 and 6, and 7 and 8 age gron])s, children ere considered of normal nutrition who were not more than % underweight, and in the 12 and 18 age groups not more than l)%. These figures roughly correspond with the mean deviation 1 weight for each inch in height among children in the above ible. The nutrition of children of 5 and 6, and 7 and 8 years 'as assessed as “subnormal” who were from 7-15% under- weight, and if more than 15% underweight as suffering from lalnutrition. In the 12 and 1.8 group children were “ sub- ormal ” between 10-20%, more than 20% as suffering from lalnutrition. An “ overweight ” child was one whose weio-ht xceeded the mean by more than 15% (5 and C, 7 and 8 years) nd 20% (12 and 13 years). Group. Normal. “ Subnormal.” Malnutrition. Overweight. 5 and 0 1010 (00-7‘’o) 81 ( 7-3%) 8( -72%) 14(1-2%) 7 and 8 085 (85-1 %) 143(12-4%) n ( ■<«%) 1» (!•«%) 2 and 13 885 (77-0%) 221 (19-2%) 2:i(2‘0% ) 20(1-8%) Totals ... 2880 (84*2%) 445 (13-0%) 42(1-2% ) 53(l-0O/o) Grand Total = 3420.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29149125_0131.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
