Evaluation of a district growth screening programme: the Oxford growth study EDITOR,-We would like to point out the danger inherent in using a Minimetre, the height measuring instrument recommended by Ahmed et al.' A recent spot check of 55 similar instruments in use in one health dis- trict revealed that 10 were giving readings that were a centimetre or more out.2The newly developed Leicester Height Measure is also an inexpensive portable instrument, designed for use in the community, but the fact that it is self calibrating means that inaccurate measurements resulting from careless instal- lation cannot arise.
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