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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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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HEIGHTS AND WEIGHTS. 1945.
| BOYS. | GIRLS. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| 1940 | 531 | 43.3 | 44.0 | 46.1 | 50.2 | 40.7 | 38.0 | 540 | 43.3 | 43.1 | 46.0 | 50.6 | 40.5 | 36.9 |
| 1939 | 670 | 45.1 | 47.1 | 48.0 | 54.4 | 41.7 | 40.3 | 643 | 44.7 | 45.5 | 48.6 | 53.3 | 42.1 | 39.0 |
| 1938 | 157 | 46.8 | 50.5 | 48.6 | 56.0 | 44.3 | 44.0 | 180 | 47.3 | 50.4 | 48.4 | 54.0 | 44.3 | 42.7 |
| 1937 | 321 | 49.2 | 56.5 | 53.0 | 66.1 | 47.2 | 50.0 | 273 | 49.1 | 54.4 | 52.2 | 64.3 | 46.5 | 47.2 |
| 1936 | 642 | 51.3 | 60.5 | 55.2 | 71.7 | 47.8 | 50.7 | 466 | 50.7 | 58.8 | 54.0 | 71.3 | 47.2 | 48.7 |
| 1935 | 388 | 53.2 | 66.3 | 57.4 | 81.3 | 50.0 | 55.3 | 188 | 52.6 | 64.7 | 55.4 | 76.1 | 49.1 | 54.3 |
| 1934 | 249 | 55.9 | 74.8 | 60.5 | 91.6 | 52.2 | 61.0 | 118 | 56.1 | 78.0 | 58.5 | 96.4 | 53.7 | 67.6 |
| 1933 | 169 | 57.2 | 79.3 | 60.8 | 96.1 | 54.2 | 69.8 | 174 | 58.5 | 85.5 | 62.1 | 105.6 | 55.0 | 69.5 |
| 1932 | 601 | 58.5 | 87.0 | 63.3 | 115.3 | 54.2 | 69.5 | 618 | 59.0 | 90.7 | 64.0 | 117.8 | 54.2 | 68.3 |
| 1931 | 255 | 61.3 | 100.0 | 66.6 | 132.6 | 56.8 | 78.4 | 255 | 61.9 | 104.6 | 65.0 | 125.3 | 57.6 | 80.2 |
| 1930 | 80 | 65.4 | 120.5 | 70.0 | 153.2 | 58.6 | 89.3 | 111 | 62.8 | 118.4 | 66.0 | 127.9 | 60.0 | 95.8 |
| 1929 | 56 | 67.6 | 127.2 | 71.7 | 150.6 | 64.4 | 109.0 | 131 | 64.4 | 121.2 | 67.3 | 148.7 | 60.4 | 100.3 |
| 1923 | 11 | 67.3 | 131.2 | 71.0 | 153.0 | 65.5 | 119.5 | 39 | 64.5 | 125.6 | 67.0 | 143.7 | 60.9 | 106.8 |