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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 IV.—
| Age. | No. of children examined. | English Measure. | 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 | Feet. | Inches. | Stones. | Lbs | ||
| 5 years | 87 | 3 | 5¼ | 2 | 13¼ | 3 | 4½ | 2 | 10¾ |
| 6 „ | 38 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6½ | 3 | 0½ |
| 7 „ | 25 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 5½ | 3 | 9 | 3 | 4¾ |
| 8 „ | 23 | 3 | 11¾ | 3 | 11¾ | 3 | 11 | 3 | 8¼ |
| 9 „ | 27 | 4 | 1¾ | 4 | 1½ | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13½ |
| 10 „ | 18 | 4 | 3¼ | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4¼ |
| 11 „ | 47 | 4 | 5½ | 4 | 11¼ | 4 | 4¾ | 4 | 9¾ |
| 12 „ | 52 | 4 | 8¼ | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2¾ |
| 13 „ | 54 | 4 | 8¾ | 5 | 9½ | 4 | 8 | 5 | 7¼ |
| 14 „ | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4¼ | 4 | 10 | 6 | 0 |