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.
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. |
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1931 | 104 | 41.3 | 40.3 | 42.8 | 43.6 | 39.1 | 35.3 | 69 | 40.5 | 38.1 | 42.6 | 42.6 | 38.5 | 34.2 |
1930 | 976 | 42.9 | 42.1 | 47.0 | 52.0 | 38.8 | 33.8 | 946 | 42.6 | 40.8 | 46.9 | 51.4 | 38.4 | 33.1 |
1929 | 668 | 44.0 | 44.0 | 48.5 | 54.2 | 40.3 | 35.6 | 723 | 43.6 | 42.5 | 47.7 | 52.0 | 40.0 | 34.6 |
1928 | 168 | 46.3 | 48.1 | 49.4 | 55.8 | 44.0 | 42.3 | 189 | 46.5 | 48.0 | 48.5 | 53.7 | 44.2 | 42.2 |
1927 | 696 | 49.6 | 55.6 | 54.3 | 70.0 | 45.1 | 45.3 | 661 | 49.1 | 53.8 | 53.4 | 68.1 | 44.8 | 43.6 |
1926 | 618 | 50.9 | 58.8 | 55.3 | 72.8 | 47.1 | 47.7 | 534 | 50.5 | 57.2 | 54.8 | 75.0 | 46.6 | 46.5 |
1925 | 137 | 52.2 | 63.0 | 55.5 | 74.1 | 49.2 | 52.5 | 87 | 52.1 | 62.2 | 54.7 | 73.7 | 49.2 | 51.1 |
1924 | 8 | 53.9 | 68.0 | 56.0 | 70.0 | 51.0 | 63.0 | 52 | 54.3 | 70.3 | 58.8 | 90.1 | 51.9 | 58.7 |
1923 | 351 | 55.8 | 76.3 | 61.1 | 101.5 | 51.0 | 58.8 | 480 | 56.9 | 78.9 | 63.4 | 111.9 | 51.8 | 58.3 |
1922 | 306 | 57.6 | 82.8 | 62.4 | 105.1 | 52.7 | 66.9 | 314 | 58.4 | 86.5 | 64.4 | 111.0 | 52.4 | 61.9 |
1921 | 92 | 60.3 | 93.8 | 64.5 | 119.8 | 55.5 | 74.2 | 62 | 59.9 | 91.9 | 63.1 | 108.6 | 56.7 | 77.6 |
1920 | 61.4 | 104.4 | 62.8 | 116.0 | 59.0 | 84.0 | 8 | 63.3 | 108.0 | 65.0 | 129.0 | 61.5 | 85.0 | |
1919 | 15 | 63.3 | 115.5 | 65.0 | 168.0 | 61.5 | 68.0 |