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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HEIGHTS AND WEIGHTS, 1951.
Age. | Number Examined 1951 | Average Height in inches. | Average Weight in lbs. | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1951 | 1950 | 1949 | 1948 | 1939 | 1951 | 1950 | 1949 | 1948 | 1939 | ||
BOYS 5 years | 1325 | 43.0 | 43.4 | 43.2 | 43.4 | 41.8 | 42.8 | 43.7 | 43.4 | 44.0 | 41.5 |
6 „ | 648 | 44.3 | 44.2 | 44.2 | 44.7 | 43.8 | 45.4 | 45.1 | 45.5 | 46.2 | 43.4 |
204 | 47.4 | 48.2 | 46.7 | 46.9 | 45.3 | 51.7 | 53.8 | 50.5 | 51.1 | 47.9 | |
8 „ | 723 | 50.3 | 50.0 | 50.1 | 48.7 | 49.5 | 59.4 | 58.2 | 58.0 | 54.1 | 55.5 |
9 „ | 594 | 51.3 | 51.9 | 51.2 | 50.5 | 51.2 | 61.7 | 61.0 | 62.1 | 60.1 | 58.8 |
10 „ | 583 | 54.7 | 54.9 | 54.2 | 53.9 | 52.7 | 72.6 | 74.0 | 71.7 | 70.1 | 62.9 |
11 „ | 778 | 55.5 | 55.2 | 55.6 | 55.6 | 53.7 | 74.7 | 75.4 | 75.2 | 73.7 | 68.7 |
12 „ | 258 | 56.6 | 56.6 | 56.4 | 56.5 | 55.7 | 78.6 | 79.2 | 77.1 | 78.2 | 79.9 |
13 „ | — | — | 59.3 | 57.3 | 60.4 | 58.4 | — | 91.8 | 82.9 | 93.0 | 81.6 |
14 „ | 372 | 62.7 | 62.7 | 62.8 | 61.7 | 59.0 | 106.2 | 106.5 | 105.8 | 98.4 | 90.8 |
15 „ | 495 | 64.4 | 63.8 | 63.6 | 63.1 | — | 115.5 | 113 7 | 113.1 | 109.8 | — |
16 „ | 73 | 67.6 | 66.9 | 66.4 | 67.2 | — | 134.9 | 127.7 | 125.1 | 120.9 | — |
17 „ | 33 | 69.8 | 68.8 | 68.3 | 68.7 | — | 146.1 | 140.5 | 132.6 | 134.3 | — |
GIRLS 5 years | 1258 | 42.6 | 43.1 | 43.5 | 42.9 | 41.2 | 41.5 | 42.3 | 42.9 | 42.5 | 39.7 |
6 ,, | 647 | 44.1 | 43.6 | 44.2 | 44.0 | 42.7 | 43.8 | 43.7 | 44.2 | 44.3 | 41.4 |
7 „ | 173 | 47.5 | 47.3 | 47.1 | 46.1 | 44.1 | 52.7 | 51.3 | 49.9 | 49.5 | 43.6 |
8 „ | 790 | 49.9 | 49.5 | 49.8 | 49.7 | 49.9 | 56.8 | 56.0 | 57.5 | 54.8 | 54.7 |
9 „ | 696 | 50.8 | 50.6 | 51.3 | 52.4 | 50.9 | 59.5 | 59.5 | 60.7 | 62.8 | 57.6 |
10 „ | 574 | 54.5 | 54.7 | 53.3 | 53.8 | 52.1 | 72.7 | 72.5 | 70.7 | 69.2 | 62.9 |
11 „ | 981 | 55.8 | 55.6 | 56.1 | 55.8 | 53.6 | 76.2 | 76.6 | 76.6 | 75.1 | 68.3 |
12 „ | 370 | 56.9 | 56.7 | 57.5 | 57.1 | 56.6 | 81.5 | 80.8 | 81.6 | 79.3 | 77.2 |
13 „ | 31 | 60.6 | 59.3 | 59.7 | 61.0 | 58.8 | 96.6 | 91.5 | 92.8 | 98.4 | 85.3 |
14 „ | 595 | 62.4 | 62.2 | 62.3 | 62.6 | 60.3 | 110.0 | 109.2 | 106.4 | 107.3 | 97.9 |
15 „ | 488 | 62.7 | 62.6 | 02.6 | 62.6 | 62.0 | 111.3 | 113.3 | 111.2 | 110.6 | 105.5 |
16 „ | 114 | 64.4 | 64.4 | — | — | — | 125.0 | 123.4 | — | — | — |
17 „ | 61 | 64.5 | 65.6 | — | — | — | 125.5 | 130.7 | — | — | — |