Physical statistics of school children as a health indicator for small communities (I).

It may be said that measurement of the levels of health of a given community is highly important for promoting community health activities, regardless of the size of population of the community in question. The author investigated whether or not the physical statistics of schoolchildren in the field of school health were suitable as a health indicator in measuring the levels of health of a community with a relatively small size of population and, as stated in the previous report,1 it was found to be considerably usable. The author has measured separately the levels of health of one city in various districts for elementary schools, using the physical statistics of schoolchildren, and the present report deals with the sample survey investigated for the comparisons among the three items; the result of the above-mentioned measurement, the result of the measurement using various indieators based on the vital statistics, and the environmental conditions of the pertinent small community.