Editorial: Plea for commitment to the cause of breast feeding                        493

A longitudinal study of physical growth from birth to six years in children with birth weight of 2501 g. or more                                 495
S.K. Bhargava, S. Kumari, P. Choudhry and U.B. Lall

Assessment of malnutrition by midarm circumference and its ratio to head circumference         503
Man Mohan, Shanti Ghosh and T.K.T.S. Ramanujacharyulu

Significant bacteriuria in school children in different socio-economic strata                 507
J. Whig, S.B. Khuran, S. Khurana, and B.K. Sharma

Pattern of malaria in children and its therapeutic evaluation                      511
O.P. Gautam, Y.P. Thawrani and P.S. Mathur

A study of teeniasis in children                      515
Ashok Patwari, S. Aneja, Gurdip Singh and R.S. Manhas

Extracranial non-leukemic childhood malignancies: a ten year study                    523
J. Subramanian, R. Shankar, V.S. Rajvanshi, and S. Upreti

Sickle cell anaemia during infancy                                   527
G.C. Samel

Breast-feeding: a guide for practitioners and peripheral field personnel                   531
Indira Narayanan

Recommendations of joint WHO/UNICEF meeting on infant and young child feeding                   539

Case reports:                                  

Acinetobacter Meningitis                            551
H.S. Sachdev and M. Deb

Foreign body of the tonsil                        557
N.K. Soni, P. Chatterji and P.C. Khatri

Spina bifida and mirror movements                              559
A.M. Kar, U.K. Misra, R. Shukla, D. Nag and S.K. Agarwal

Letters to Editor                               563