A Statistical Study on Premature Infants in Shirakawa Agricultural Area in Fukushima Prefecture during the Period 1948 to 1956

Part II. On the Development of the Premature Infants Comparing with Premature Infants in the Childhood

Abstract

The development of body weight, height and chest of the premature infants in childhood who were born in Shirakawa Area during the period 1951 to 1956 were mesured.
The results of the survey were obtained as follows:
1. The bodyweight, height and chest of the premature infant caught up with mature infant at the age of six.
2. The premature infants in Shirakawa Area were inferior to the premature infants in Tokyo from the view-point of the. development.