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an arduous bit of pioneer work, the importance of which, I venture
to think, will be more and more appreciated with the growing
sense of the supreme value of health and physique.
The tables exhibit the results of the observations made in
respect of 551 boys and 523 girls.
As was anticipated, the scholars attending Kensal Rise school
compare very favourably with those attending Lower Place.
In the case of Kensal Rise scholars the average weight of the
boys is greater at each age except that of twelve when the scholars
at both schools are equal; while the average height is greater at
each age except at seven, when Lower Place boys show a slight
increase over those of Kensal Rise.
The average weight of Kensal Rise girls is greater at each
age except at 11 and 12, when Lower Place girls are slightly
heavier.
The average height of Lower Place girls is, without exception,
less than that of Kensal Rise girls at the same ages.
For purposes of comparison I have compiled a series of tables
in which the weights and heights of boys and girls attending
Kensal Rise and Lower Place Schools are set out with those of
reliable authorities relating to British and American children at
the same respective ages.