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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
Willesden 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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The following Table, No. 76, gives the average heights
and weights of all the children examined during the sixyear
period 1909-14, classified according to age anu sex:—
Table No. 76.
| Age in Years. | boys. | girls. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. Examined. | Total Height in Centimetres. | Average Height in Centimetres. | Total Weight in Kilogrammes | Average Weight in Kilogrammes | No. Examined. | Total Height in Centimetres. | Average Height in Centimetres. | Total Weight in Kilogrammes | Average Weight in Kilogrammes | |
| 5—6 | 6313 | 663725.2 | I05.I | 111441.3 | 17.6 | 5832 | 6IOI28.2 | 104.6 | 100515.4 | 17.2 |
| 6—7 | 2385 | 260823.6 | 109.3 | 45274.8 | 18.9 | 2366 | 257684.6 | 108.9 | 43727.5 | 18.4 |
| 7—8 | 4197 | 486557.8 | 115.8 | 88664.6 | 21.1 | 4116 | 476736.3 | 115.8 | 84836.3 | 20.6 |
| 8—9 | 2034 | 247047 .6 | 121.4 | 47741.9 | 23.4 | 1532 | 184225.3 | 120.2 | 34422.7 | 22.4 |
| 9—10 | IOI7 | 128101.0 | 125.9 | 25904.7 | 25.5 | 928 | I 15904.3 | 124.8 | 22648.4 | 24.4 |
| 10—11 | 42oo | 549951.1 | 130.9 | 117425.9 | 27.9 | 4176 | 545015.8 | 130.5 | 112470.2 | 26.9 |
| 11—12 | 1615 | 217547.5 | 134.7 | 47992.4 | 29.7 | 1382 | 187270.7 | 135.5 | 40813.1 | 29.5 |
| 12—13 | 1447 | 200982.5 | 138.9 | 47102.6 | 32.5 | 1352 | 190655.0 | 141.0 | 44354.6 | 32.8 |
| 13—14 | 5034 | 722887.1 | 143.6 | 177988.6 | 32.3 | 4723 | 690829.4 | 146.2 | 172572.2 | 36.5 |
| 14—15 | 919 | 135178.4 | 147.0 | 34788.7 | 37.8 | 713 | 106372.4 | 149.1 | 27677.3 | 38.8 |