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Heston and Isleworth 1911

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]

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Height and Weight.
The following tables give the average heights and weights of
the scholars examined. The scholars have been grouped according
to the year of birth, so that it may be possible in subsequent years
to compare the children born in any one year with those born
in another :—

Height, Boys and Girls.

Year of Birth.No. of ObservationsAverage height.
Inches.Centimetres.
1906—2nd half.yearBoys 1GirlsBoys 3800GirlsBovs 96.52Girls
1st ,,564540.7641.02103.53104 19
1905—2nd ,,814741.8442.72106.27108.50
1st211442.0942.57106.90108.13
1904—2nd91343 4443.61110.34110.77
1st ,,2242.0045.50106.68116.57
1903—2nd247.50120.65
1902—2nd148 00121.92
1899—2nd15800147.32
1st ,,157 00144.78
1898—2nd149107561457.23142.59145.36
1st10710455.3454.51140.56138.45
1897—2nd717957.3358.53145.61148.66
1st252359.226000150.41152.40
1896—2nd52580057.75147.32146.68
1st ,,3159 0062 00149.86157.48
1895—2nd163 5161.29