E.—2.

[Appendix F.

Table Q6. —Chest-measurements in Centimeters of New Zealand Boys of S2 at various Ages as found by the Medical Inspectors in the Year 1913.

Table Q7. —Chest-measurements in Centimeters of New Zealand Girls of S2 at various Ages as found by the Medical Inspectors in the Year 1913.

Table Q8. —Comparison of the average Weights and Heights of 16,000 New Zealand Children with 800,000 English Children.

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Ages. Number examined. Ohest-mei Full Inspiration. jurement at Foreed Expiration. Mean Expansion. Difference between Inspiration and Expiration. Annual Increase in Mean Chestmeasurement. 8 years 9 „ .. 10 „ .. 11 „ 12 „ .. 198 711 730 341 116 62-9 cm. 64-0 „ 65-3 „ 66-8 „ 68-5 „ 57-4 cm. 58-3 „ 59-6 „ 60-8 „ 62-6 „ 60-1 cm. 61-1 „ 62-4 „ 63-8 „ 65-5 „ 5-5 cm. 5-7 „ 5-7 „ 6-0 „ 5-9 „ 1-0 cm. 1-3 ,. 1-4 „ 1-7 „

Ages. Number examined. Chest-meas Full Inspiration. iurement at Forced Expiration. Mean Expansion. Difference between Inspiration and Expiration. Annual Increase in Mean Chestmeasurement. 8 years .. 9 „ 10 „ .. 11 „ .. 12 „ .. 232 652 581 248 101 60-5 cm. 61-2 „ 62-8 „ 64-4 „ 65-8 „ 55'4 cm. 55'9 „ 57-2 „ 58-8 „ 60-6 „ 57-9 cm. 58-5 „ 60-0 „ 61-6 „ 63-2 „ 5-1 cm. 5-3 „ 5-6 „ 5-6 „ 5-2 „ 0-6 cm. 1-5 „ 1-6 „ 1-6 „