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KMID : 0377619770320050577
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Korean Jungang Medical Journal
1977 Volume.32 No. 5 p.577 ~ p.577
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Physical Growth in Home-Cared and Orphan Infants
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Abstract
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This study was designed to evaluate the status of the physical -growth in home-cared and orphan infant.
The subjects were sampled from March to December 1976 from among the infants who visited the well-baby clinics of St. Mary´s Hospital, Korea University Hospital, Jung Gu Health Center, Seoul and from among orphans accommodated in orphanages and those temporarily placed under the care of private homes in Seoul.
In a total of 1915´(1018 home cared infants, 897 orphan infants) infants whose age ranged from 1 to 12 months, their weight, height, head circumference and chest circumference were measured and compared.
The results were as follows:
1. In physical growth, the weight, height, head circumference and chest circumference of the home-cared infants were larger than the Korean Standards, but in the orphan infants, the values were smaller than the Korean Standards.
2. There were remarkable differences in weight, height, head circumference
and chest circumference between the home-cared and orphan infants.
3. The mean values of both the home-cared and orphan infants were dominantly larger in males than females.
4. The chest circumference exceeded the head circumference earlier in the home-cared infants than in the orphan infants, 3 months after birth in males and 1 month after birth in females in the home-cared infants and 4month after birth both in males and females in the case of the orphan infant.
5. Generally, the increase of physical growth both in the home-cared and orphan infants was larger in the period from 1 to 6 months than in the. period from 6 to 12 months after birth.
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