Health education and the nutrition class, a report of the Bureau of educational experiments; descriptive and educational sections . Chart of low percentile case showing excellent response. Boy6 yrs. of age, Austrian father, Russian mother. Underweight8% Sept. 1919; 2% May 1920; normal weight Sept. history shows measles (8 mos.), anti-toxin given forsuspected diphtheria, bad tonsil condition. Mental historyshows high intelligence, I. Q. 126 (Terman). Social historyshows father short, medium build, mother medium height,plump. Family of 8; flat of 5 outside rooms, 6
Health education and the nutrition class, a report of the Bureau of educational experiments; descriptive and educational sections . Chart of low percentile case showing excellent response. Boy6 yrs. of age, Austrian father, Russian mother. Underweight8% Sept. 1919; 2% May 1920; normal weight Sept. history shows measles (8 mos.), anti-toxin given forsuspected diphtheria, bad tonsil condition. Mental historyshows high intelligence, I. Q. 126 (Terman). Social historyshows father short, medium build, mother medium height,plump. Family of 8; flat of 5 outside rooms, 6 well-kept home, mother a good cook, Note: acase of special interest where the childs determination to followan imposed regime resulted in later enlistment of the motherscooperation. Tonsillectomy recommended Oct. 1919; per-formed Dec. 1920. H H**i 42 w«si* -OA „....,„. .4,1 7 f^ CwHlfiitii ^1-- I J 4544434241403938373635B4333231 •NA. Chart of high percentile case showing unsatisfactory 6 yrs. of age, Austrian parentage. Underweight, I7%-Sept. 1919; 12% May 1920; 16% Sept. 1920. Physical historyshows measles (2 yrs.) chicken pox (3 yrs.) convulsions (2-4yrs.), chronic digestive disturbances apparently due to unwisehome regime, especially as to habits of eating. Mental historyshows I. Q. 91 (Terman). Social history shows father thindelicate type, mother 5 ft., 7% underweight; family of 6; flatof 4 small rooms, ground floor, poor ventilation. Entire familysuffering from digestive troubles: Note: lack of home coopera-tion and duration of unsatisfactory conditions seem responsiblefor failure to improve. ^40 K
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