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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T able 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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1933 | 120 | 41.1 | 39.2 | 42.9 | 43.7 | 39.3 | 35.3 | 117 | 40.8 | 38.2 | 42.3 | 42.2 | 39.3 | 34.7 |
1932 | 899 | 43.0 | 42.2 | 45.5 | 48.2 | 40.1 | 36.5 | 940 | 42.5 | 40.8 | 44.9 | 47.3 | 40.1 | 35.1 |
1931 | 422 | 44.3 | 44.6 | 46.5 | 50.1 | 42.3 | 40.3 | 418 | 44.5 | 43.6 | 47.0 | 50.9 | 42.8 | 39.2 |
1930 | 94 | 47.5 | 51.2 | 49.7 | 58.2 | 45.9 | 47.4 | 97 | 46.4 | 49.6 | 47.7 | 53.8 | 44.9 | 43.6 |
1929 | 422 | 49.6 | 55.7 | 52.8 | 64.6 | 46.7 | 48.2 | 470 | 49.2 | 54.3 | 52.2 | 63.2 | 46.7 | 47.5 |
1928 | 574 | 50.7 | 58.7 | 54.0 | 70.4 | 47.6 | 49.3 | 674 | 50.3 | 57.5 | 54.0 | 71.6 | 47.9 | 47.6 |
1927 | 175 | 52.6 | 63.3 | 55.6 | 71.5 | 50.2 | 56.3 | 189 | 52.1 | 62.5 | 54.5 | 72.5 | 49.9 | 54.6 |
1926 | 63 | 54.9 | 71.2 | 57.2 | 80.2 | 50.6 | 58.0 | 38 | 53.5 | 66.1 | 55.8 | 78.4 | 50.5 | 55.5 |
1925 | 86 | 55.7 | 77.4 | 58.7 | 92.5 | 52.6 | 65.0 | 77 | 56.9 | 77.2 | 60.1 | 91.9 | 52.5 | 61.9 |
1924 | 848 | 57.6 | 83.8 | 62.5 | 112.6 | 53.0 | 64.9 | 909 | 58.2 | 85.1 | 63.1 | 114.8 | 53.5 | 64.6 |
1923 | 96 | 59.2 | 90.0 | 63.6 | 116.2 | 58.0 | 86.0 | 86 | 58.6 | 89.8 | 62.2 | 109.2 | 56.7 | 80.1 |
1922 | 1 | 60.0 | 106.0 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 64.5 | 126.0 | 68.0 | 138.0 | 60.0 | 105.5 |