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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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AVERAGE HEIGHT without shoes and AVERAGE WEIGHT withoUt
Clothes.
Anthropometric Committee, 1929.
| MALES. | FEMALES. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age last | Height in | Weight in | Height in | Weight in |
| 3 | 36.9 | 32.9 | 36.6 | 31.5 |
| 4 | 39.2 | 35.9 | 38.4 | 33.7 |
| 5 | 41.4 | 38.7 | 41.1 | 37.5 |
| 6 | 43. | 41.3 | 42.8 | 40.1 |
| 7 | 45.4 | 45.4 | 45.1 | 44.1 |
| 8 | 47.8 | 51. | 47.5 | 49.4 |
| 9 | 49.2 | 54.8 | 48.9 | 52.6 |
| 10 | 51.3 | 59.6 | 51.2 | 59.8 |
| 11 | 52.7 | 64.6 | 52.8 | 63.9 |
| 12 | 55. | 71.6 | 55.6 | 73.9 |
| 13 . | 56.2 | 76.5 | 56.9 | 79. |
| 14 | 58. | 86.1 | 58.9 | 88.2 |
| 15 | 61.8 | 99.3 | 62.3 | 106.8 |