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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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TABLE I. —Average Heights and Weights of Children examined during 1914
(without boots).
BOYS.
| 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 | 162 | 3 | 4¾ | 2 | 11 | 3 | 4½ | 2 | 10¾ |
| 6 ,, | 135 | 3 | 7¼ | 2 | 13¼ | 3 | 6½ | 3 | 0½ |
| 7 ,, | 40 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 5¼ | 3 | 9 | 3 | 4¾ |
| 8 ,, | 56 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 8¼ |
| 9 ,, | 55 | 4 | 1½ | 3 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13½ |
| 10 ,, | 84 | 4 | 2¼ | 4 | 2½ | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4¼ |
| 11 ,, | 42 | 4 | 4¼ | 4 | 7¼ | 4 | 4¾ | 4 | 9¾ |
| 12 ,, | 114 | 4 | 7¾ | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2¾ |
| 13 ,, | 89 | 4 | 7¾ | 5 | 2½ | 4 | 8 | 5 | 7¼ |
| 14 ,, | 12 | 4 | 5½ | 5 | 9½ | 4 | 10 | 6 | 0 |