Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Table IV.
HEIGHTS AND WEIGHTS.
BOYS. | GIRLS. | |||||||||||||
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Year of Birth. | Number Examined | Average Height in inches. | Average Weight in lbs. | Average maximum Height in inches. | Ave age maximum Weight in lbs. | Average minimum Height in inches. | Average minimum Weight in lbs. | Number Examined. | Average Height in inches. | Average Weight in lbs. | Average maximum Height in inches. | Average maximum Weight in lbs. | Average minimum Height in inches. | Average minimum Weight in lbs. |
1926 | 101 | 40.1 | 38 | 41.9 | 41.2 | 38.3 | 34.2 | 93 | 39.7 | 36.2 | 42.1 | 40.3 | 38.1 | 34.2 |
1925 | 788 | 42.6 | 41.4 | 46.5 | 49.8 | 38.6 | 33.5 | 682 | 42.3 | 40.3 | 46.1 | 50.6 | 37.5 | 32.6 |
1924 | 539 | 43.8 | 43.4 | 47.4 | 51.8 | 39.9 | 35.6 | 582 | 43.3 | 41.9 | 47.6 | 52.5 | 39.2 | 34.1 |
1923 | 124 | 45.9 | 48.1 | 47.6 | 52.8 | 43.3 | 41.6 | 140 | 45.1 | 45.7 | 47.5 | 51.7 | 43.1 | 40.9 |
1922 | 1114 | 47.9 | 52.6 | 52.9 | 65.9 | 43 1 | 40.9 | 1072 | 48.4 | 50.4 | 53.2 | 65.7 | 43.3 | 40.6 |
1921 | 221 | 49.6 | 56.9 | 53.4 | 64.5 | 47.6 | 50.3 | 217 | 49.8 | 54.9 | 53.5 | 64.1 | 47.8 | 49.7 |
1920 | 63 | 51.2 | 62.1 | 53.2 | 68.5 | 49.7 | 57.6 | 88 | 52.1 | 62.1 | 55 | 71.9 | 49.9 | 55.8 |
1919 | 33 | 53.5 | 68.7 | 55.2 | 72.8 | 53.3 | 66.6 | 49 | 53.1 | 65.2 | 55 | 72 | 51.8 | 59.9 |
1918 | 599 | 56.1 | 75.6 | 64.6 | 98.9 | 51.3 | 58.6 | 515 | 56.1 | 76.6 | 62.6 | 103.2 | 50.9 | 58.3 |
1917 | 100 | 57.2 | 81.3 | 61.7 | 94.6 | 54.7 | 72 | 96 | 58 | 83.2 | 61.2 | 99.5 | 55.7 | 72.9 |
1916 | 17 | 57.1 | 85.3 | 59 | 92.9 | 55.6 | 79.4 | 47 | 58.3 | 88.2 | 60.6 | 94.6 | 58.8 | 85.1 |
1915 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1914 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |