Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1893 — Average Human Growth Per Year. [ARTICLE]

Average Human Growth Per Year.

The average growth of the human species per year varies at different ages. According to a table prepared recently by a French scientist the growth during the year following birth averages seven and one-half inches; from 2 to 3, it is four or five inches; from 3to 4, it is one and one-half inches; from 4to 6, about two and one-fourth annually; from 7 to 8, two and one-half inches; from 8 tola, two inches yearly; from 12 to 13, one aad eight-tenths; from 13 to 14, two aad one-fourth inches; from 15 to 16, tw. inches; from 16 to 17, nearly two inches After this, although growth continues until sometimes late in the 20’s, it rapidly diminishes.