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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At 15 and 16 years the average height of girls seems to have become
stable but there is a continuing slight tendency for weight to increase.
Boys on the other hand continue to show a slight increase in average
height, with a continued increase in weight which is quite marked. It seems
clear that girls have completed their pubertal growth spurt by the age of 15
years, whilst the growth spurt for boys still continues.
The unwelcome increases in weight still require attention, and the
Weight Control Clinics have continued during the year. During the absence
of Dr. Phyllis Mortimer during the last two months of 1969, arrangements
were made for Dr, Simmonds to supervise the progress of all children
attending the Weight Control Clinics.
Table 7.
Ages | Number Examined in 1969 | Average Height in Inches | Average Weight in lbs. | ||||||||
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1969 | 1968 | 1967 | 1966 | 1939 | 1969 | 1968 | 1967 | 1966 | 1939 | ||
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