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road, Michael Faraday and Salter's-hill schools. With two exceptions these might be described as good
suburban schools. The numbers in the age groups being dealt with are 4,677 boys and 4,174 girls.
Group C, 1905 (measurements made last year), includes 2,119 boys and 1,594 girls at the ages
considered.
The sum of the three groups gives 9,834 boys and 8,852 girls, a total of 18,686 children aged
seven to fourteen at their last birthdays. From these approximately correct averages may be obtained.
The complete statistical treatment of the material has as yet been impossible in the time at disposal.
Tables, however, are given showing the average height and average weight of boys and girls in each
year of age, and the numbers in each group.
The records were made on cards, each of which had a small portion snipped from the top righthand
corner when the card was turned so that the child's name was upwards. This adds much to the
convenience of orientation in handling them for analysis.
The records on cards were noted by a system of marks:—

Child's name.
Teacher's estimate of mental capacity.
Date of birth.
Standard.
School.
Date.
Age in years and months.
Height to nearest centimetre without shoes.
Weight to nearest tenth of kilogram without shoes.
Condition of.
Cleanliness.
Clothes.
Eyes.
Teeth.
Throat.
Ears.

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