London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Acton 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
This page requires JavaScript
35
AVERAGE HEIGHT without shoes, and AVERAGE WEIGHT without
clothes.
A nthropometric C ommittee , 1929.
| Age last birthday. | MALES. | FEMALES. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Height in inches. | Weight in lbs. | Height in inches. | Weight in lbs. | |
| 36.9 | 32.9 | 36.6 | 31.5 | |
| 4 | 39.2 | 35.9 | 38.4 | 33.7 |
| 5 | 41.4 | 38.7 | 41.4 | 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 |
TABLE SHOWING HEIGHTS AND WEIGHTS AT DIFFERENT AGES.
| LEAVERS (BOYS) | No. Examined. | Years of Age. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12—13 | 13—14 | 14—15 | ||||||||
| No. | Height ins. | Weight lbs. | No. | Height ins. | Weight lbs. | No. | Height ins. | Weight lbs. | ||
| Acton Wells Senior | 21 | 21 | 57.4 | 80.7 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | |
| Central | 25 | 25 | 58.7 | 83. | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | |
| John Perryn Snr. | 13 | 13 | 57.7 | 79. | .... | .... | .... | .... | ||
| Priory Boys' | 6O | 60 | 57.5 | 81. | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | |
| Southfi'd Sr. Boys' | 40 | 38 | 57.9 | 82.4 | 2 | 58.7 | 101.5 | .... | ||
| Turnham Gn. R.C. | 7 | 6 | 57.5 | 82. | 1 | 61.3 | 90.3 | .... | .... | |
| 166 | 163 | .... | .... | 3 | .... | .... | .... | .... | ||
| (GIRLS) | ||||||||||
| Acton Wells Senior | 25 | 25 | 59. | 81.8 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | |
| B'm't Pk. Sn. Girls' | 36 | 36 | 58. | 83.4 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | |
| Central | 28 | 28 | 58.9 | 85.7 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | |
| John Perryn Snr. | 19 | 18 | 57.4 | 78.4 | 1 | 56.8 | 71. | .... | .... | |
| Priory Girls' | 70 | 68 | 57.6 | 80.6 | 2 | 58.5 | 82.4 | .... | .... | |
| Turnham Gn. R.C. | 8 | 8 | 59.8 | 91.5 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | |
| 186 | 183 | .... | .... | 3 | .... | .... | .... | .... | ||