Average Heights and Weights of Children 209 



Table I. — Height and Weight of White Children From Birth to 6 Years of Age} 



1 These figures are based upon measurements of 167,024 white boys and girls for whom 

 The averages as calculated have been smoothed and corrected to allow for the inclusion in 

 adenoids, diseased or enlarged tonsils or carious teeth, and they represent, therefore, so far 

 heights and weights of children without defects. 



2 Weights do not include clothing. 



no serious defects were reported, 

 the basic figures of children with 

 as the material permits, average 



