Posters from the Archives

Full translation of Jordanian Child Development poster

Last week we featured some posters from our Nutrition collection. We now have a full translation and explanation of the Jordanian poster, thanks to Hannah Becker.


The poster reads from right to left

Title: Child Development

Subtitle: During the first year of life

Right top heading (above black and white squares): 'Each square equals one hour’s sleep.'

Under squares (right to left):

·         first month 12 hours sleep

·         third month 19 hours sleep

·         sixth month 18 hours sleep

·         ninth month 16 hours sleep

·         one year 15 hours sleep

Above Black line (far right): weight in grams

From bottom right to left:

Yellow boxes	Weight (inside thick black line)	Age (Beneath baby images)	Nutrition (beneath the baby images)
	3500	at birth
Notices/recognises light	3850	One month	Boiling and Cold water
Lifts his head, smiles and cries tears	4600	2 months	Fish oil Vitamin A, D
Lifts his head and neck	5350	3 months	Ground rice or starch
Sits if assisted. Laughs loudly	6000	4 months	Mashed banana Poached apple semolina
Holds hands and sees well.	6500	5 months	Vegetables mashed finely Start with a tablespoon custard
2 teeth Screaming and shouting	7100	6 months	Egg yolk Vegetable soup with minced red meat or lentil soup
Drinks with a cup	7600	7 months	Vegetable soup with minced red meat or liver or fish
Says dada and tata. Sits independently	8100	8 months	Milk, chicken, hummus, Fuul (like broad beans) poached and mashed
Understands the word ‘no’ and crawls	8500	9 months	Yellow outlined images of food: Title: Food from 8 to 12 months Soup Milk Semolina with milk Banana Grapefruit
Mimics voices and stands supported	8850	10 months
Tries standing and understands words	9200	11 months
6  teeth and walks with help	9500	One year

Table outlined in yellow under months 9-12 beneath images of food (written as is, so left = left side)

6 PM	3pm	10am	6am
Starch or ground rice with milk	Minced meat or lentils, vegetables, ground rice or potato Milk or yoghurt	Fruit juice Fruit Semolina Milk	Milk Bread Egg yolk ?

Text beneath the yellow outlined table:

Orange juice and vitamin A, D

Breast milk and boiled water

Red ladder on left

Red text: Height

From bottom to top

In rung = height, above rung = age

1.       50cm at birth

2.       53cm one month

3.       56cm 2 months

4.       59cm 3 months

5.       63cm 5 months

6.       65 cm 6 months

7.       67.5cm 8 months

8.       71.5cm 10 months

9.       74.5 cm one year

For more details of the exhibition in Keppel Street  lobby which features posters and pamphlets from the archives, see http://march.lshtm.ac.uk/news-events/events/exhibition-towards-happier-birth-days