Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-02-12

THE WEIGHT OF CHILDREN.
How &c Varies from Day to Day-Psrfods
of Increase and De0reaSa

Of Increase and Decrease.
Pastor Mailing Hansen, the director of the
Royal Deaf and Dumb asylum in Copen-
hagen, has published IN interesting pamphlet
on The Periodicity Of the Weight of Child
rem" His observations, obtained BY the
daily weighing OF the children under his care,
are very interesting. According to his evil
dence the weight of chiliren differs SO largely
from day 20 day that no trustworthy result
can be obtained from weighing at long in
teryais A child may De two pounds heavier
ct night than in tie morning
and maybe one and one-half pounds
lighter in the morning than the night
before. Eating seems TO have more influence
on weight than exercise, bathing, or occupa-
ton. The ultimate increase in weight, cor
responding to increase in growth, does not
60 on regularly throughout the year. There
Is a period Of stoppage in the increase OF
weight with c0rresDoniin, loss, from the he
ginnins o: Nay till pat the md lie Of July,
ia "ni n TINA the los OF wsight may exceed
double the averagc ultimate gain
During August, September and October
there Is a very s,eady period of increase in
weight, sometime, rising 10 five times more
tnan the average increase. During the rest
OF the year the weight varies from less TO
During the summer holidays the increase In
weight Is twice the average, and IN Septem
Der and October even thrice. Besides the
serious period Of los from May u July.
here are at other times frequent sudden
stJppage' in the in crease of weight, some
times foli3we. by actual loss Tines. hin
FRANCES. lasting from six 10 fourteen day.,
are nJt made up for by extra periods Of IN
crease, AMI seem 10 in iicate real damage so
that the actual increase Of weight seems to
take place during about the fifth part of the !
year, while tbs remaining THE is occupied
with loss ard it, repiac- III mt There is q
decided CORE spcnieHce between the vaciIla- !
ton Ot Temperature and accompan wing |
TacIiiations iii the weight Of the child-in- |
Crca-e Of yarhIth aa1 Of weight AMI de- |
crease Of warmth and If weight go hand in |
hani- \ decrease Of . degrees of warmth /
IN TIE temperature Of the five days IS /
accompanied by ninefold decrease in the /
weight u chill. aud ) degrees more
warmth By a thirteenfold in weight
The hinirance and .os' OF weight that &c
company decrease in the warmth of the
temperature has begun to rise, as if the loss
dcfen led on sickiiHe,, induced by tie colder
temperature. year that has had most
cdalse, Of temperature is far more unfavor-
able to the normal increase of weight in
cAiid than more steady year, and series
o! such unfavorabe year will for many fol-
lowing years result in less strong children.
he reason Of the great period of loss from
Nay to July, ami the rapid increase Turing
the autumn months. do not seem to depend
on the conditions of warmth The increase
OF weight in the Chil'ren expermented on
was always greater during the period when
the moon was recedng from the earth and
les during the TeriO! Hh.n the MON was
Apr aching the earth During the former
period the cLii.ren inriea-ei IN wei ht ;wics
as much a, dlrins the Later period. Pastor
Mailing Hansen's inquire are considered 50
important that the Dani-I government and
the "EarISters foniT have granted sums OF
money for the continuance and extension of
nc. rNperimeutS