Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Table II
HEIGHTS AND WEIGHTS 1964
Number Examined | Average Height in inches | Average Weight in lbs. | |||||||||
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1963 | |||||||||||
BOYS 5 years | 1459 | 42.8 | 42.6 | 42.6 | 43.3 | 41.8 | 43.0 | 42.7 | 42.9 | 43.4 | 41.5 |
6 years | 270 | 43.9 | 43.8 | 44.0 | 44.7 | 43.8 | 45.2 | 44.8 | 44.6 | 45.8 | 43.4 |
14 years | 274 | 63.6 | 63.9 | 63.7 | 63.9 | 59.0 | 113.9 | 117.6 | 113.8 | 114.1 | 90.8 |
15 years | 295 | 64.9 | 64.4 | 64.6 | 65.0 | - | 120.3 | 118.3 | 119.3 | 120.6 | - |
16 years | 492 | 67.2 | 67.1 | 67.4 | 67.2 | - | 130.5 | 131.8 | 131.4 | 133.0 | - |
17 years | 330 | 68.0 | 67.7 | 67.9 | 68.1 | - | 137.7 | 134.7 | 136.5 | 138.0 | - |
GIRLS 5 years | 1371 | 42.4 | 42.3 | 42.9 | 42.8 | 41.2 | 42.2 | 41.5 | 42.3 | 42.1 | 39.7 |
6 years | 320 | 44.9 | 43.6 | 44.0 | 44.0 | 42.7 | 44.8 | 43.1 | 44.2 | 44.8 | 41.4 |
14 years | 172 | 62.2 | 62.3 | 62.2 | 61.9 | 60.3 | 113.3 | 113.6 | 113.6 | 111.5 | 97.9 |
15 years | 283 | 63.5 | 63.3 | 63.0 | 62.9 | 62.0 | 115.3 | 116.3 | 117.9 | 115.5 | 105.5 |
16 years | 242 | 63. 7 | 63. 9 | 63. 4 | 64. 1 | - | 121.8 | 122.4 | 121.2 | 122.8 | - |
17 years | 109 | 64.1 | 64.3 | 64.2 | 64.4 | - | 125. | 126.3 | 127.3 | 128.1 | - |