A comparison of the physical constitutions of school children, both boys (9-17) and girls (8-16), was made between Tokyo and Kyoto Prefecture, mainly from the standpoint of the nationwide mean values and the standard deviations, in reference of the “Report on the School Hygiene” (the Designated Statistics No.15 of the Educational Ministry) during four years, from 1955 to 1958.
As a result it can be concluded that in Tokyo Prefecture the proportion of school children who have better physique than the nationwide average is very large, and in Kyoto Prefecture their physical constitutions are generally in a higher state than the nationwide average.
