London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Croydon 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Table III,
HEIGHTS AND WEIGHTS.
| 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | 24 | 41.0 | 39.9 | 41.8 | 41.3 | 40.5 | 39.1 | 25 | 39.9 | 37.2 | 41.9 | 40.7 | 39.9 | 35.8 |
| 1929 | 666 | 43.1 | 42.5 | 46.6 | 51.3 | 39.5 | 35.9 | 691 | 42.8 | 41.2 | 46.1 | 49.9 | 39.2 | 33.6 |
| 1928 | 503 | 44.5 | 44.6 | 47.7 | 52.5 | 41.5 | 38.2 | 441 | 44.1 | 43.5 | 47.3 | 51.6 | 40.9 | 36.2 |
| 1927 | 124 | 46.5 | 48.3 | 48.5 | 54.9 | 44.7 | 44.9 | 115 | 46.3 | 47.1 | 47.9 | 52.6 | 44.8 | 43.5 |
| 1926 | 617 | 49.2 | 54.0 | 53.4 | 65.9 | 45.0 | 44.6 | 557 | 48.9 | 52.8 | 52.9 | 64.6 | 45.7 | 44.1 |
| 1925 | 294 | 50.4 | 57.6 | 54.2 | 69.4 | 47.9 | 50.8 | 276 | 50.3 | 56.4 | 53.5 | 66.5 | 46.8 | 47.0 |
| 1924 | 81 | 51.9 | 62.4 | 53.6 | 67.8 | 50.1 | 66.4 | 104 | 52.0 | 60.9 | 54.1 | 68.9 | 50.5 | 57.4 |
| 1923 | 13 | 53.6 | 68 3 | 56.7 | 76.3 | 53.4 | 67.4 | 15 | 55.8 | 71.8 | 57.6 | 78.9 | 54.6 | 68.2 |
| 1922 | 710 | 55.6 | 76.0 | 61.4 | 109.8 | 49.9 | 57.7 | 613 | 56.3 | 76.9 | 62.3 | 113.6 | 51.4 | 58.0 |
| 1921 | 180 | 57.0 | 60.4 | 96.1 | 52.9 | 62.5 | 170 | 68.6 | 87.5 | 61.8 | 118.8 | 54.5 | 68.8 | |
| 1920 | 1 20 | 59.0 | 88.1 | 61.8 | 101.5 | 59.4 | 82.5 | 27 | 61.1 | 97.0 | 63.1 | 100.8 | 59.6 | 80.1 |
| 1919 | 1 | 61.3 | 95.0 |