Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-06-29
WEIGH YOUR CHILD FOR THE
GOVERNMENT.

The instructions for carrying out
the Weighing and Measuring test Of
American children under years of
age were sent recently by the Child
Welfare Department of the Woman's
Committee of the Council of Nation
al Defense to its State and local child
welfare chairmen who will be respons
ible for the test in each community.
The record cards will follow after
word is received of the exact number
required by each committee.
This test is the first feature of Chill
drens' Year which began on April E.
The plans for Children's, Year prepar-
ed by the Childrens Bureau of the u.
S. Department of Labor include act
ivities designed to protect all children
from the special dangers OF war time
and to save the lives OF 100000 little
children before April 6, 1919.
Many of the physical defects which
caused the rejection of one-third of
the men coming up for examination
in the first draft are believed to date
from some slight trouble neglected in
early childhood And the Children's
Bureau emphasizes the fact that
higher standard OF physical fitness in
the rising generation can be secured
only by greater attention to the phys
ical condition OF children
According to the Bureau, height and
weight and their relation to each 9th
er are a rough index of a chiid's
health and development. For in
stance, when child is strikingly be-
low the average weight for his height
or is strikingly small for his, age. it
indicates that expert advice about
diet and daily care is needed. In so
far as the test makes it plain to par
ents that the physical condition of
of their children needs special atten-
ton, and in SO far as it leads to COM
munity provision for public health
nurses 'and consultation centers for
babies and young children, to a safe
guarding of the milk supply, and to
other measures for the protection of
children, it will aid i'll conserving their
health and in reaching the goal of
100000 lives saved during Children's
Year.
The record card which the Child
ren's Bureau has prepared for this
test gives a table of average heights
and weights for boys and girls at
birth. at every month of age from
the 9th to the 4Sth and at every year,
from the 5th to the 10th. One-half
OF the card will be retained by the
parents. 1t includes the table of
heights and weights and has blanks
for subsequent records so that per-
ents can watch the child's growth;
for while single examination is val
liable series of examinations is far
more valuable
The other half of the card provides
also for recording the height and
weight of the child at the time of the
national test 1t will be used by the
local committee i'll analyzing the
facts about its own community and
then it will be forwarded to the Chill
dren's Bureau at Washington
Parents who wish to enter their
children in the national test should
communicate with the local chairman
OF the child-wclfare committee of the
State Council OF National Defense.
Mrs. II. S. Pohe, Yerington, or with
the County childwelfare chairman.
Mrs. Geo. McCutcheon or Miss Ev-
elyn Hayes. Local chairmen who
have not received instructions about
the test or the detailed program of
which the test is the first feature.
should communicate at once with the
child-welfare chairman of Lyon Coun
ty Farm Bureau The Local Com
isii;;ee IS Ms. VIM. Pcnfosc, Wsbus-
ka; Mrs. Roy MCGOWAN, South Ma
son Valley, Mrs. Clara Harris, Day
ton; and Mrs. VIM. Luce, Mound
House.