Personal hygiene and physical training for women

by Anna M. Galbraith

PLATE IV
Juno.

PLATE V
Venus de Capua.

Ages	15-19	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44	45-49	50-54	55-59	60-64	Combined
Heights											Ages
4’-11”	111	113	115	117	119	122	125	128	128	126	118
5’-0”	113	114	117	119	122	125	128	130	131	129	120
5’-1”	115	116	118	121	124	128	131	133	134	132	122
5’-2”	117	118	120	123	127	132	134	137	137	136	125
5’-3”	120	122	124	127	131	135	138	141	141	140	128
5’-4”	123	125	127	130	134	138	142	145	145	144	131
5’-5”	125	128	131	135	139	143	147	149	149	148	135
5’-6”	128	132	135	139	143	146	151	153	153	152	139
5’-7”	132	135	139	143	147	150	154	157	156	155	143
5’-8”	136	140	143	147	151	155	158	161	161	160	147
5’-9”	140	144	147	151	155	159	163	166	166	165	151
5’-10”	144	147	151	155	159	163	167	170	170	169	155
Combined Heights	123	126	129	132	136	139	142	145	144	142	133

Dr. Weisse found the average height of women to be five feet four inches, and the average weight one hundred and thirty-three pounds, and that the average male height was three inches greater than that of the female.

Women should range in weight from one and eight-tenths to two and two-thirds pounds to each inch in height. In order to determine your own factor in this respect divide your weight in pounds by your height in inches. Any weight above two and one-half pounds to the inch in stature may be considered as excessive, inasmuch as it adds nothing to one’s mental or physical efficiency, and is frequently the forerunner of obesity, the remedy for which is to live on a selected diet and to burn up more through exercise.

In an ideal condition there is a sufficient quantity of fat to give a pleasing rotundity of outline. In women the tendency is for fat to accumulate, especially after forty years of age, about the waist, abdomen, and upper part of the thighs. In addition to the unsightliness which this gives to the figure, it is often the indication of the fatty degeneration of the muscles, and the heart is liable to become involved, and fatty degeneration of the heart is one of the frequent causes of death. The lack of use of the muscles in these regions of the body, which is caused by wearing corsets, is the reason for the accumulation of fat here. It can be reduced by the proper exercises and regulated diet.

PLATE VI
Venus de Medici.