TALC Direct Recording Scale Kit

TALC Direct Recording Scale Kit

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TALC Direct Recording Scale Kit, for weighing babies and young children, consisting of a plastic scale with special TALC spring (weighing to 17kg), hook, suspension cord, instruction leaflets, wall chart and 30 English language Child Health Charts, as well as examples in Arabic, French, Portuguese, Spanish and Zulu, used to monitor child growth in the developing world (to indicate nutritional failures or the presence of disease), by TALC (Teaching Aids at Low Cost), St. Albans, England, 1992

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Category:
Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry
Object Number:
1992-890
Materials:
plastic, paper and metal
type:
weighing scale
credit:
Teaching Aids at Low Cost

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TALC Direct Recording Scale, Hertfordshire, England, 1992

TALC Direct Recording Scale, Hertfordshire, England, 1992

Plastic scale with special TALC spring (weighing to 17kg), hook, suspension cord, and one Child Health Chart, from the TALC Direct Recording Scale Kit, for weighing babies and young children, used to monitor child growth in the developing world (to indicate nutritional failures or the presence of disease), by TALC (Teaching Aids at Low Cost), St. Albans, England, 1992

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Teaching Aids at Low Cost (TALC) is a charity. It made these simple plastic scales with hook and suspension cord. They weigh babies and young children up to 17kg and were for use in the developing world. They are deliberately ‘low tech’. The set includes a ‘Child Health Chart’. This allows the child’s weight to be plotted on the paper chart and compared against a normal growth rate. Monitoring a child’s growth rate is one way of diagnosing malnutrition and the presence of disease.

TALC was founded by Professor David Morley in 1965. It was a response to overseas students requesting teaching materials they could use back in their own countries.

Measurements:
overall: 520 mm x 170 mm x 23 mm,
Materials:
plastic , metal and paper
Object Number:
1992-890 Pt1
type:
scales - weighing device
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of TALC Direct Recording Scale Kit

Part of TALC Direct Recording Scale Kit

Part of TALC Direct Recording Scale Kit, for weighing babies and young children, stored in 4 parts, consisting of instruction leaflets, wall chart and 30 English language Child Health Charts, as well as examples in Arabic, French, Portuguese, Spanish and Zulu, used to monitor child growth in the developing world (to indicate nutritional failures or the presence of disease), by TALC (Teaching Aids at Low Cost), St. Albans, England, 1992