Children in health and disease : a study of child-life.

  • Forsyth, David.
Date:
1909
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    life the^J,'l'^' ^--g the first weeks of fi th w^^^^^^^^^^^ about 30 grms (I o.) ; from the third L the mm weeks 22 grms. (f oz.); from the sixth to the eighth weeks ' ozT' it °f year 12 tr L arenas ^fon ^^^^^^^^^^^^ --^^e percentage daTl^ mcrease are as follow :-i percent, in the first month o-^ oer cent at the sixth month, and 0-15 per cent, at i year As is wel known, the first few days of an infant's life are ma ked^ 7os of weight. This fall, which is most pronounced in the fir twenty four hours, is only gradually recovered from, and not unti the end of the first week is the original birth weight regained. • T l^'^u'^^u ^^^ ^^'^^^^ of girls, correspond- ing to the heights already given, are as follow:- Growth in Weight of Boys and of Girls from the Fifth to the Seventeenth Year. Age. 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 IS 16 17 Boys. Weight in pounds. 39-9 44.4 49-7 54-9 6o'4 67-5 720 767 82.6 92-0 1027 119-0 130-9 Annual Increase. 2-6 4- 5 5- 3 5-2 5-5 7-1 4-5 4- 7 5- 9 9.4 10- 7 16-3 11- 9 GiBLS. Weight in pounds. 39-2 417 47-5 52-1 55-5 62-0 68-1 76-4 87-2 96.7 106-3 II3-I S-5 Annual Increase. 3- 1 2- 5 5- 8 4- 6 3- 4 6- 5 6-1 8- 3 10-8 9- 5 9-6 6-8 2-4 Observations interpreted with present day to progress, that it which allowance not all grow at more instructive on the weight of any given child require to be care. So much importance is attached at the increase in weight as a sign of an infant's will be advisable to mention the points for must be made. In the first place, infants do the same rate. The percentage increase is a indication of a child's progress than is the