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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
Finchley 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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TABLE III.—
| Age. | No. of children examined. | English Me?sure | Standards for the whole of England as calculated from a large number of school children examined in 1910. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Height. | Weight. | Height. | Weight. | ||||||
| Feet. | Inches. | Stones | Lbs. | Peer. | Inches. | Stones. | Lbs. | ||
| 5 years | 66 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11¾ | 3 | 4½ | 2 | 9½ |
| 6 „ | 61 | 3 | 6½ | 3 | 0¼ | 3 | 6½ | 2 | 13 |
| 7 „ | 25 | 3 | 10¼ | 3 | 7¼ | 3 | 8¾ | 3 | 4 |
| 8 „ | 23 | 3 | 10¼ | 3 | 8¼ | 3 | 10¼ | 3 | 6¾ |
| 9 „ | 14 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12¼ | 4 | 0¾ | 3 | 12½ |
| 10 „ | 26 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4¼ | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2¾ |
| 11 „ | 58 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 13½ | 4 | 4½ | 4 | 9¾ |
| 12 „ | 82 | 4 | 8¼ | 5 | 4¼ | 4 | 6½ | 5 | 3¾ |
| 13 „ | 62 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 8¾ | 5 | 9¾ |
| 14 „ | 6 | 4 | 11½ | 6 | 11 | 4 | 10¾ | 6 | 3½ |