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Croydon 1956

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Table II HEIGHTS AND WEIGHTS, 1956

Age	Number Examined 1956	Average Height in inches					Average Weight in lbs.
Age	Number Examined 1956	1956	1955	1954	1953	1939	1956	1955	1954	1953	1939
BOYS
5 years	1204	43. 4	43. 3	42.7	42. 9	41.8	43. 4	43. 5	42. 9	42. 5	41. 5
6 "	495	43.9	44.2	44.2	44.3	43.8	44.8	45.3	45.2	44.8	43.4
7 "	221	48.1	47.9	47.8	47.4	45.3	53.4	52.7	53. 3	52.0	47.9
8 "	1153	50.2	49.9	50.2	49.9	49.5	58.9	59.1	58.6	58.1	55.5
9 "	852	51.3	51.3	51.6	50.9	51.2	62.3	61.4	61.7	61.6	58.8
10 "	151	52.9	54.3	54.7	55.1	52.7	67.1	73.9	72.2	73.0	62.9
11 "	351	57.2	55.0	55.8	55.5	53.7	83.9	74.2	76.4	75.6	68.7
12 "	214	58.0	55.6	56.5	56.3	55.7	86.4	80.0	79.7	77.1	79.9
13 "	34	58. 2	60. 3	60. 5	60.0	58. 4	82. 9	96. 5	97. 1	90.0	81.6
14 "	446	61.3	62.8	62.4	63.1	59.0	111.9	109.0	105.6	105.6	90.8
15 "	478	64.5	64.8	63.8	64.1	-	116.6	116.5	112.8	115.6	-
16 "	178	66.6	66.9	66.9	67.7	-	129.2	128.3	129.4	129.8	-
17 "	53	67.9	68.4	66.7	67.2	-	133.8	137.7	126.5	127.2	-
GIRLS
5 years	1168	42.5	42.7	42.6	42.6	41.2	41.7	41.9	41.9	41.4	39.7
6 "	519	43.7	43.4	43.8	43.8	42.7	43.6	43.8	45.3	43.4	41.4
7 ,,	217	47.5	47.2	47.5	46.8	44.1	52.6	53.1	52.4	50.0	43.6
8 "	985	50.1	49.3	49.6	49.7	49.9	58.3	58.8	56.6	56.5	54.7
9 "	802	50.9	50.5	51.0	50.5	50.9	60.5	60.4	60.5	60.4	57.6
10 "	112	53.5	54.6	54.6	54.6	52.1	69.1	73.7	73.1	73.8	62.9
11 "	332	57.2	56.0	55.9	55.8	53.6	83.6	78.7	77.9	76.5	68.3
12 "	338	58.9	58.2	57.1	57.1	56.6	89.6	87.5	81.9	82.6	77.2
13 "	108	59.7	60.3	61.4	59.8	58.8	94.6	97.5	100.6	96.0	85.3
14 "	634	61.9	61.7	62.2	61.8	60.3	109.9	111.3	109.2	109.0	97.9
15 "	496	62.8	63. 2	62.7	62.9	62.0	114.3	116. 1	114.0	116.0	105.5
16 "	163	64.9	64.2	63.3	64.7	–	123. 6	123.2	121.8	121.9	-
17 "	54	64.6	64.2	63.5	64.9	–	127.8	124.6	116.3	127.4	-