N.Z. BORN CHILDREN.
RESULT OF INVESTIGATION. TALLER AND HEAVIER. Speaking at a meeting of the Board of Health at Wellington Dr. M. H. Watt (deputy director-general of health) stated that an investigation as to the weight and height of New Zealand children had been carried out by the school officers of the Health Department. The results showed that New Zealand school children between the ages of 10 and 15 years exceeded in height and weight those of Australia, Great Britain, United States, and Toronto, according to the latest available statistics. New Zealand town school children had definitely improved in height and in weight during the years 1913-25. Children of farmers were tallest and heaviest. Children of professional men were almost as tall, but showed no excess in weight over the average. The average height and weight of children with good mental attainment was greater than those with inferior ability.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5140, 17 June 1927, Page 2
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149N.Z. BORN CHILDREN. Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5140, 17 June 1927, Page 2
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