About What A Boy Should Gain Each Month

Age

Ounces

5 to 8.............................

. 6

8 to 12.............................

. 8

12 to 14.............................

. 12

14 to 16.............................

. 16

16 to 18.............................

. 8

Height and weight to be taken in house clothes, without shoes. Weigh on the same date each month, about the same hour of the day. Age, the nearest birthday.

Note. - The above tables were prepared by Ihomas D. Wood, M.D., Professor of Physical Education, Columbia University, and are used by the United States Bureau of Education and the Child Health Organization of America.