With the object of making suitable infants' garments, we measured in July 1967, 556 infants on 21 measurements-stature, spina ilica ventralis height tibiale height, cervical height, navel height, crotch height, foot length, ankle height, posterior waist length, posterior full length, arm length, posterior shoulder width, bust girth, abdominal girth, abdominal width, abdominal depth, neck base girth, upper arm girth, thigh girth, head girth and weight. The subjects lived in Kurashiki City and aged from 3 to 5 (Tab. 1).
The results are summarized below.
1) The mean values of all measurements of the two sexes markedly increased with age. In all ages males were generally greater than females in all measurements except thigh girth (Tab. 2 & Fig. 1).
2) In comparison with the data on adults' (20 years of age) 14 measurements, the differences between adults and infants were much larger in the measurements of height and length than in those of girth (Fig. 2-1 & 2-2).
3) The correlations between stature and eight measurements of height and length and between bust girth and abdominal girth were generally high (Tab. 3).
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