The Unobvious Impact of the First World War on the Height of Pupils in Cracow Schools in 1919–33

• Authors: Bartosz Ogórek
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Using data collected during the inter-war period, the article seeks to identify long-term biological effects of food shortages and the increased incidence of contagious diseases during the First World War on a population of pupils of Cracow schools. This goal is achieved through an analysis of the remaining source materials from 1919–33 concerning the height of the population in question. The study found that the impact of the war manifests itself in a lower average height of pupils born in 1915 and in delayed puberty among the cohorts of 1912–15. The article also lists the potential consequences of such drastic long-term effects of the war.

Keywords

EN

Cracow; First World War; standard of living; historical anthropometry

PL

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla PAN w Warszawie
• Journal: Acta Poloniae Historica
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 113

Dates

published

2016

online

2016-07-01

Contributors

author

Bartosz Ogórek

Identifiers

DOI

10.12775/APH.2016.113.07