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52 five feet high, and weighs from seventy-two to eighty pounds.

Dr. Squire's statistics on this point, which are averaged from a large number of observations, may be seen at a glance from the following table, which shows the height and weight of children from the fourth to the twelfth year :—

Height. Weight. Years. Ft. in. Stones. 4     3   0    over 2 5     3   5         2¾  6      3   7         3  7      3   9         3½  8      3  11         4  9      4   0         4½ 10      4   3         4½ 11      4   6         5 12      4   9         5½

At adolescence two stones should be added for every three or four inches in height. Thus, a person measuring five feet six should weigh eight stone; whereas, if measuring five feet eight, he or she ought to weigh nine stone.

In accordance with the rule that growth is hindered by ill-health, its increase is less rapid during the first dentition. Owing to various causes most children grow by fits and starts, adding perhaps three inches to their height in one quarter, and not an inch in the next half-year; but if girls do not increase their rate of growth during their eleventh and twelfth years, their healthy development a year or two later is hampered.

From all that I have said it is clear that every care should be taken to protect children, even more than adults, from cold.

Dwelling-rooms and school-rooms should be