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Croydon 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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HEIGHTS AND WEIGHTS.
The following tables give the average heights and weights of
the children measured in 1909. The numbers are omitted for groups
of less than ten.

TABLE E. III.HEIGHTS OF BOYS.

Age.Number Examined.Height in Centimetres.Height in Inches.B.A. Anthropometric Committee, 1883. All Classes.
Number Examined.Average Height
Inches.
3-411394.637.2......
4-534494.437.210738.46
5-6596104.841.320141.03
6-7289110.843.626644.00
7-892115.545.530745.97
8-922117.846.4152447.05
12-1315144.056.7198154.99
13-14765142.256.0274356.91
14-15138151.059.5342859.33
15-1611155.259.8349862.24
HEIGHTS OF GIRLS.
3-48592.686.5......
4-530698.638.69938.26
5-6644103.540.615740.55
6-7323110.543.518942.88
7-8104114.845.217344.45
8-921118.946.843246.60
13-14426147.658.120657.77
14-1549148.658.524059.80