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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 16, 16 May 1912, Page 5

Arrangemens are being made by the Victorian Statist (Mr Laughtonto draw up an anthropometric standard for an Australian child. Mr. Laughton will take the results of 12,000 Victorian State school children, and from them work out a standard of measurements for an average Australian child. This will be the first time any such work has been undertaken in the Commonwealth. The 12,000 measurements which are at the disposal of Mr Laughton were taken by the staff of State school medical inspectors, under the direction of Dr. Harvey Sutton. They represent the records of about 750 children of each sea in search of the eight school years, from six to fourteen. There are about 250,000 school children of school air;> in Victoria, and 200,000 of these

are on the rolls of the. State schools. The average attendance is 170,000 a day. The 12,000 children who are being used for the purpose of drawing up this standard have been taken from what are regarded as typical schools throughout the State. Mr. Laughton’s work, dealing with only a comparatively small number of records, will, 'of course, be regarded, says the Melbourne “Argus,” as of only a preliminary character. It js understood that it will he followed in the future by a more comprehensive investigation covering a greater number of children.

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