Show ISO TIME LIMIT FOR WEIGHING AD letters and telegrams asking the children s bureau ot the U S department part ment of labor to extend the time tor the weighing and measuring test have been so urgent that the bureau announced today its intention ot removing entirely the time limit tor receiving reports ot the tests however the bureau calls attention to the tact that the sooner these reports ara received at the chicago office of the bureau at south dearborn street chicago the sooner can the information concerning the health of american children as revealed by the reports be compiled and given out the condition of babies and little children as revealed by the weighing and measuring test has aroused public interest in the physical condition of older children agitation for regular medical inspection of school children has become part of the childrens year program in several states and in a number of places the provision of warm well cooked luncheons for school children Is urged as a childrens year activity |