My two sons, Evan and Jeffrey, were born at Kaiser Hospital in San Francisco in 1984 and 1986 respectively.
The "It's a Boy!" signs on the bassinettes, and the official indication on the State of California birth certificate registration, gave their measurements as 3690 g and 4390 g respectively. And that was back then. Those originals are now on file at the Office of Vital Records, Department of Public Health, City and County of San Francisco. I still don't know what they were in pounds and ounces. Carleton From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pat Naughtin Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 23:47 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:46797] Babies in grams Dear All, Does anyone know when babies were first measured in metric units? I suppose that this might have begun in places such as France and the Netherlands in the early 1800s - but specifically when? Also when was the first use of metric units for babies: in the USA? in the UK? Cheers, Pat Naughtin Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, that you can obtain from http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html PO Box 305 Belmont 3216, Geelong, Australia Phone: 61 3 5241 2008 Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has helped thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern metric system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they now save thousands each year when buying, processing, or selling for their businesses. Pat provides services and resources for many different trades, crafts, and professions for commercial, industrial and government metrication leaders in Asia, Europe, and in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian Government, Google, NASA, NIST, and the metric associations of Canada, the UK, and the USA. See http://www.metricationmatters.com <http://www.metricationmatters.com/> for more metrication information, contact Pat at [email protected] or to get the free 'Metrication matters' newsletter go to: http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter to subscribe.
