Show FIND CHILDREN GROW FASTER IN THE FALL maximum gain between august and september new york children between the ages of four end and thirteen both girls and boys grow faster and better during august and the three following months than at any other period of the sear according to results of careful study into the question of 0 child nutrition by the new york association for improving the condition of the poor boys make 1553 per cent and girls per cent of the total yearly growth between august 1 and december ec in 1 the period of maximum gain Is in the late summer and early fai all find and the lie period of minimum advancement falls falla iri III the late spring and early summer glimmer while the same tendency holds for both boys and girls it is most marked among anion tile die girls the following table gives the average gain in pounds by months and am the percentage of the annual gain made in each of the months of the year boys girls av pet of av pet of gain annual gain annual months in lbs ibs gain in ibs gain fain january 67 99 63 83 february el 51 76 43 67 march 43 64 36 bt 56 april 43 64 34 bt 53 may alay 25 37 osa 05 x 3 june 06 9 08 13 july 26 8 89 9 35 64 54 august 89 79 september 16 6 october november 84 12 3 99 december 61 51 76 53 84 total yearly 1000 1000 aver monthly 56 60 63 63 83 xin may the girls showed an average loss ot of 05 pound this Is equivalent to 08 per cent ot of tho the total rain gain the report the rate of growth in both height and weight over a given period of time Is quite as important in ili judging a childs state of development as ills his attained stature and weight at any given period teachers school nurses and nutrition workers must rely tin on the galna made during short periods of from three to six months to determine the child Is doing well for obviously all healthy children must be expected to gain steadily in both eight and Asel weight glit |