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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
Acton 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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Table 5
AVERAGE HEIGHT, without Shoes, and AVERAGE WEIGHT with Clothes.
(A nthropometric Committee 1883)
| MALES. | FEMALES. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age last birthday. | Height in inches. | Weight in lbs. | Height in inches. | Weight in lbs. |
| 3 | 35 | 31.2 | 35 | 30 |
| 4 | 38 | 35 | 38 | 34 |
| 5 | 41 | 41.2 | 40.5 | 39.2 |
| 6 | 44 | 44.4 | 42.8 | 41.7 |
| 7 | 46 | 49.7 | 45.5 | 47.5 |
| 8 | 47 | 54.9 | 46.6 | 52.1 |
| 9 | 49.7 | 60.4 | 48.7 | 55.4 |
| 10 | 51.8 | 67.5 | 51 | 62 |
| 11 | 53.5 | 72 | 53.1 | 68 |
| 12 | 55 | 76.7 | 55.6 | 76.4 |
| 13 | 57 | 82.6 | 57.7 | 87.2 |
| 14 | 59.3 | 92 | 59.8 | 96.7 |
| 62.2 | 102.7 | 60.9 | 106 | |
Table 6—giving heights & weights at different ages
| No examined | 13-14 | 14-15 | 15-16 | 16-17 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Height | Weight | Height | Weight | Height | Weight | Height | Weight | ||
| SENIOR-GIRLS | |||||||||
| South Acton | 38 | 56.3 | 81 | 57.8 | 72.5 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Roman Catholic | 7 | 58 | 85.3 | 59 5 | 85 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Priory | 26 | 56.75 | 82 .5 | 57 | 85 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Beaumont Park | 27 | 60 | 82.3 | 60.3 | 97.8 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| St Mary's | 12 | 63.5 | 82.25 | 60.5 | 106.3 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Southfield Road | 33 | 60 | 85.5 | 6l.3 | 88.8 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Central | 11 | 60 | 94.5 | 61 | 98.75 | 60.2 | 101.1 | 60.5 | 92.6 |
| Willesden Junct | 6 | 60 | 80.5 | 60.5 | 99 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| SENIOR—BOYS | |||||||||
| South Acton | 32 | 56 | 73½ | 55½ | 76¼ | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Roman Catholic | 13 | 55½ | 73 | 64 | 1.13 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Priory | 37 | 56½ | 79 | 56½ | 77½ | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Beaumont Park | 25 | 57 | 79½ | 56 | 81 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| St. Mary's | 12 | 56 | 79½ | 56¾ | 78½ | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Southfield Road | 28 | 57½ | 79½ | 60½ | 82¾ | 64½ | I07½ | ... | ... |
| Central | 7 | 60½ | 87½ | 55½ | 85½ | 69 | 138 | 63 | 100 |
| Willesden Junct. | 5 | 58½ | 86 | 57¾ | 833¾ | ... | ... | ... | ... |