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4. How are they taken 1 



(a) Height in boots 



„ gymnastic slioes 



socks 



)) 



>> 



bare feet 



(6) Weight in ordinary clothes 

 „ gymnastic clothes 



,, naked 



(c) Chest-girth in ordinary clothes 

 „ gymnastic clothes 



„ naked 



(In each case, please erase the methods not adopted.) 



5. Are reports sent to parents ? 



6. Are any calculations published ? 



7. If so, can you favour me with a recent copy ? 



8. In the event of other schools consenting to do so, would you be 

 prepared to give your adhesion to a scheme by which the same measure- 

 ments should be carried out in an identical manner throughout the 

 country, seeing that such a course would greatly add to the value of the 

 results obtained ? 



B. — In the event of no measurements being now carried out, will you 

 be good enough to inform me whether there is any prospect of your 

 undertaking such work, and, if so, whether I can be of any assistance to 

 yovi in indicating the best methods and appliances ? 



APPENDIX II. 



Suggestions for Anthropometric Observations in Schools. 

 Grouj) A. — Essential Observations. 



I. Height. — To be taken in socks or stockings. The subject should 

 stand perfectly upright, the head held so that the line of vision is 

 horizontal — that is, the eyes directed horizontally forwards to a point on 

 the same level as their pupils. Any good sliding rod may be used, such 

 as the Laboratory Stadiometer, supplied by Messrs. Aston & Mander, 

 25 Old Compton Street, Soho, London. (Price 2?. 2s.) 



II. Weight. — To be taken in gymnastic clothes where possible ; a 

 spring balance should not be used. A good machine is supplied by 

 Messrs. W. cfe T. Avery, of Birmingham (No. 139, special cash price, 

 without chair or rod, 3^. 15s.). The measuring-rod attached to it should 

 not be purchased. 



III. Chest-girth (for boys only). — To be taken over the naked 

 chest with a Chesterman's steel tape (price 5s. 6d., Bailey & Co., 

 Bennett's Hill, Birmingham) in the following manner: — (1) The boy 

 stands upright, with the arms stretched from the sides, the measurer 

 standing behind him. (2) The tape is placed over the chest immediately 



