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 III. HEIGHTS AND WEIGHTS.
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Year of Birth. | 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 | 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. |
1928 | 52 | 40.4 | 37.8 | 42.0 | 41.6 | 39.0 | 34.1 | 56 | 40.3 | 37.8 | 42.2 | 42.1 | 38.7 | 35.8 |
1927 | 732 | 42.5 | 41.4 | 45.9 | 49.3 | 38.8 | 34.6 | 698 | 42.4 | 40.4 | 45.8 | 48 9 | 39.2 | 34.0 |
1926 | 593 | 43.9 | 43.1 | 47.7 | 52.8 | 40.1 | 36.9 | 642 | 43.4 | 42.0 | 46.9 | 52.0 | 39.4 | 35.2 |
1925 | 179 | 46.4 | 47.8 | 48.3 | 52.7 | 43.7 | 42.3 | 168 | 45.8 | 46.9 | 48.2 | 55.6 | 43.7 | 41.8 |
1924 | 1023 | 48.2 | 53.5 | 53.2 | 67.4 | 44.2 | 43.5 | 1054 | 47.8 | 50.3 | 52.9 | 64.8 | 42.9 | 40.0 |
1923 | 304 | 50.0 | 56.4 | 53.8 | 65.4 | 46.4 | 47 8 | 277 | 49.7 | 54.7 | 53.9 | 63.9 | 46.6 | 46.5 |
1922 | 140 | 81.4 | 61.5 | 54.3 | 63.3 | 49.6 | 53.8 | 134 | 52.1 | 62.'2 | 53.8 | 69.8 | 49.4 | 53.8 |
1921 | 100 | 53.4 | 66 9 | 56.2 | 76.6 | 51.0 | 59.8 | 103 | 52.6 | 62.3 | 56.2 | 72.6 | 51.1 | 56.3 |
1920 | 949 | 55.9 | 76.7 | 61.4 | 105.4 | 51.4 | 62.2 | b28 | 56.9 | 78.6 | 62.0 | 109.6 | 51.9 | 60.5 |
1919 | 173 | 57.0 | 81.4 | 60.4 | 100.2 | 52.2 | 65.5 | 172 | 58.2 | 83.6 | 62.8 | 102.8 | 53.7 | 64.1 |
1918 | 22 | 58.6 | 88.6 | 60.8 | 96.6 | 55. | 72 9 | 22 | 60.3 | 92.3 | 61.5 | 99.9 | 59.2 | 82.4 |
1917 | 2 | 61.6 | 106.5 | 61.5 | 106.5 | 61.5 | 106.5 | 3 | 65.7 | 79.3 | 63.0 | 109.0 | 51 0 | 64.0 |
1916 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 68.0 | 102.5 | — | — | — | — |