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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
Edmonton 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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| Boys. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight | Height | ||||||||
| Age | No. of children | Average weight | Probable error | Standard Deviation | Average weight | Average height | Probable error | Standard Deviation | Average height |
| Kilo-grmmes. | + - | Kilo-grmmes. | lbs. | centimetres | + - | Centimetres | Inches | ||
| 5 | 753 | 17.55 | .05 | 1.87 | 38.69 | 103.77 | .11 | 4.65 | 40.85 |
| 6 | 135 | 18.36 | .11 | 1.98 | 40.47 | 107.15 | .31 | 5.39 | 42.18 |
| 7 | 42 | 20.23 | .26 | 2.54 | 44.60 | 112.27 | .63 | 6.06 | 44.19 |
| 8 | 10 | 22.10 | .45 | 2.14 | 48.72 | 116.95 | 1.4 | 6.45 | 46.04 |
| 9 | 4 | 27.23 | .85 | 3.10 | 60.03 | 128.08 | .67 | 2.43 | 50.42 |
| 10 | 679 | 27.16 | .08 | 3.06 | 59.87 | 128.53 | .15 | 5.81 | 50.60 |
| 11 | 12 | 29.07 | .55 | 2.70 | 64.08 | 132.58 | 1.01 | 5.16 | 52.19 |
| 12 | 12 | 30.73 | .70 | 3.58 | 67.74 | 135.91 | .87 | 4.47 | 53.51 |
| 13 | 590 | 34.87 | .14 | 5.21 | 76.87 | 141.41 | .20 | 7.15 | 55.67 |
| 14 | 2 | 38.00 | — | — | 83.8 | 147.0 | — | — | 57.87 |
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| Girls. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight. | Height. | ||||||||
| Age | No. of children | Average weight | Probable error | Standard Deviation | Average weight | Average height | |Probable error | Standard Deviation | Average height |
| Kilo-grmmes. | + - | Kilo-grmmes. | lbs. | centimetres | + - | Centimetres | Inches | ||
| 4 | 1 | 15.6 | — | — | 34.4 | 96.5 | — | — | 38.0 |
| 5 | 679 | 17.03 | .05 | 1.96 | 37.55 | 103.08 | .12 | 4.49 | 40.87 |
| 6 | 156 | 18.43 | .11 | 2.13 | 40.63 | 107.96 | .28 | 5.19 | 42.50 |
| 7 | 48 | 20.40 | .28 | 2.99 | 44.97 | 113.08 | .53 | 5.41 | 44.52 |
| 8 | 4 | 24.4 | .7 | 2.2 | 53.8 | 122.3 | 1.8 | 5.4 | 48.2 |
| 9 | 9 | 22.7 | .6 | 2.8 | 50-0 | 122.2 | 1.2 | 5.4 | 48.1 |
| 10 | 581 | 26.66 | .10 | 3.47 | 58.77 | 129.06 | .l8 | 6.49 | 50.81 |
| 11 | l6 | 26.78 | .48 | 2.86 | 59.o4 | 127.75 | 1.10 | 6.72 | 50.30 |
| 12 | 7 | 33.19 | .83 | 3.29 | 70.96 | 141.89 | 1.27 | 4.97 | 55.86 |
| 13 | 528 | 36.14 | .17 | 5.87 | 79.68 | 144.37 | .23 | 7.65 | 56.84 |
| 14 | 1 | 36.2 | — | — | 79.8 | 145.0 | — | — | 57.1 |
On looking through the average heights and weights for the last five years
we find that there has been a progressive increase in the heights and weights of
the children of five years of age, and that this year the average height
and weight of both boys and girls are higher than they have ever been before.