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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Croydon 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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HEIGHTS AND WEIGHTS. 1947 The following Statistics give a Summary of the findings.
| BOYS. | GIRLS. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year of Birth. | Number Examined | Average Height in inches. | Average Weight in lbs. | Average maximum Height in inches. | Average maximum Weight in lbs. | Average minimum Height in inches. | Average minimum Weight in lbs. | Number Examined. | Average Height in inches. | Average Weight in lbs. | Average maximum Height in inches. | Average maximum Weight in lbs. | Average minimum Height in inches. | Average minimum Weight in lbs. |
| 1943 | 27 | 41.5 | 40.3 | 44.0 | 45.5 | 38.2 | 36.5 | 28 | 40.4 | 37.5 | 44.0 | 46.0 | 30.0 | 33.0 |
| 1942 | 853 | 43.3 | 44.1 | 46.3 | 50.0 | 40.4 | 37.5 | 776 | 43.3 | 41.6 | 45.6 | 48.9 | 40.2 | 35.8 |
| 1941 | 546 | 44.5 | 45.7 | 47.1 | 53.0 | 42.2 | 39.2 | 511 | 44.2 | 43.7 | 46.9 | 50.9 | 41.4 | 37.9 |
| 1940 | 144 | 47.3 | 51.6 | 50.1 | 58.4 | 43.8 | 46.6 | 102 | 46.6 | 49.1 | 49.5 | 56.7 | 44.2 | 43.1 |
| 1939 | 41 | 49.2 | 56.0 | 51.5 | 62.7 | 46.1 | 46.8 | 41 | 49.7 | 54.0 | 53.6 | 59.2 | 48.1 | 47.9 |
| 1938 | 65 | 51.5 | 61.4 | 55.0 | 74.4 | 48.3 | 53.4 | 33 | 51.1 | 58.6 | 55.6 | 67.2 | 49.9 | 56.7 |
| 1937 | 94 | 53.6 | 63.7 | 56.2 | 74.5 | 49.8 | 54.1 | 81 | 54 0 | 70.8 | 57.3 | 94.9 | 51.6 | 60.4 |
| 1936 | 511 | 55.4 | 73.0 | 59 5 | 88.6 | 51.2 | 60.5 | 559 | 55.4 | 72.9 | 59.3 | 91.4 | 51.4 | 58.3 |
| 1935 | 248 | 50.5 | 76.6 | 60.4 | 91.5 | 53.2 | 64.0 | 262 | 56.5 | 77.5 | 60.3 | 98.0 | 52.9 | 63.7 |
| 1934 | 33 | 57.9 | 83.9 | 65.1 | 112.5 | 52.2 | 63.9 | 41 | 60.2 | 88.2 | 64.0 | 112.6 | 56.2 | 78.8 |
| 1933 | 158 | 60.5 | 95.7 | 65.9 | 120.6 | 55.3 | 71.7 | 192 | 61.4 | 101.3 | 65.7 | 127.4 | 58.0 | 81.3 |
| 1932 | 84 | 65.9 | 117.4 | 68 9 | 136.1 | 61.7 | 97.1 | 91 | 64 0 | 114.8 | 66.8 | 129.3 | 61.1 | 98.2 |
| 1931 | 131 | 66.8 | 120.2 | 71.5 | 163.4 | 62.7 | 101.4 | 158 | 64.9 | 122.4 | 68.5 | 147.6 | 61.5 | 102.6 |
| 1930 | 46 | 67.6 | 129.7 | 70.9 | 147.4 | 64.0 | 114.5 | 64 | 65.0 | 122 0 | 67.5 | 145.1 | 62.9 | 101 .6 |