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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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TABLE 6.
GIVING HEIGHTS & WEIGHTS AT DIFFERENT AGES.
| No. examined | Years of Age | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12-13 | 13-14 | 14-15 | 15-16 | ||||||||
| Height | Weight | Height | Weight | Height | Weight | Height | Weight | ||||
| SENIOR BOYS. | |||||||||||
| Acton | 16 | 57.7 | 83.2 | 57 | 86 | ||||||
| Acton Wells | 25 | 58.9 | 84.1 | 60.4 | 83.5 | ||||||
| Beaumont Park | 80 | 56 | 74 | 57 | 77.8 | 56.7 | 74 | ||||
| Central | 50 | 58.5 | 88.8 | 60.5 | 91.5 | ||||||
| Priory | 47 | 58.2 | 82.9 | 57.9 | 82.9 | ||||||
| South Acton | 62 | 56.5 | 79.3 | ||||||||
| Southfield Road | 48 | 57.9 | 81.8 | 59.4 | 95 | ||||||
| Turnham Green R.C. | 7 | 56-4 | 78'6 | ||||||||
| Total | 335 | ||||||||||
| SENIOR GIRLS. | |||||||||||
| Acton | 16 | 59.9 | 89.6 | ||||||||
| Acton Wells | 10 | 64.5 | 103.9 | 61.3 | 89 | ||||||
| Beaumont Park | 77 | 59.6 | 85.1 | 60.2 | 70.1 | ||||||
| Central | 47 | 60.7 | 91.3 | 62.9 | 102.8 | ||||||
| Priory | 57 | 60.6 | 75.9 | 61.7 | 95.6 | ||||||
| South Acton | 73 | 58.8 | 86.1 | 62.8 | 98.5 | ||||||
| Southfield Road | 35 | 59.9 | 92.1 | ||||||||
| Turnham Green R.C. | 17 | 59.2 | 88.6 | ||||||||
| Total | 332 | ||||||||||