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Children Born in 1929.—The boys are 0.3 inches taller and
1.3 lbs. heavier on the average than the girls. The average minimum
weight of the boys is 2.3 lbs. more and their average
minimum height 0.3 inches taller than the corresponding figures
for the girls. The average maximum weight of the boys is 1.4
lbs. more and their average maximum height 0.5 inches taller
than for the girls.
Children Born in 1928.—The boys are 0.4 inches taller and
1.1 lbs. heavier on the average than the girls. The average minimum
weight of the boys is 2.0 lbs. more and their average
minimum height 0.6 inches taller than the corresponding figures
for the girls. The average maximum weight of the boys is 0.9
lbs. more and their average maximum height 0.4 inches taller
than for the girls.
Children Born in 1926.—The boys are 0.3 inches taller and
1.2 lbs. heavier on the average than the girls. The average minimum
weight of the boys is 0.5 lbs. more and their average
minimum height 0.7 inches shorter than the corresponding figures
for the girls. The average maximum weight of the boys is 1.3
lbs. more than the girls and their average maximum height is 0.5
inches taller than the girls.
Children Born in 1922.—The boys in this group were 0.7
inches shorter and 0.9 lbs. lighter on the average than the girls.
The average minimum weight of the boys is 0.3 lbs. less and
their average minimum height 1.5 ins. shorter than the girls.
The average minimum weight of the boys is 3.7 lbs. lighter and
their average maximum height 0.9 ins. shorter than for the girls.
In this group as a whole the bovs are shorter and lighter than
the girls, but the former are a more uniform group : the girls
exhibiting greater fluctuations around the mean average.