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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 II.—Average Height and Weights of Children examined during 1914
(without boots).
GIRLS.
| 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. | Inchest. | Stones. | Lbs. | ||
| 5 years | 143 | 3 | 5¼ | 2 | 10¾ | 3 | 4½ | 2 | 9½ |
| 6 „ | 161 | 3 | 6¼ | 3 | 33/1 | 3 | 6½ | 2 | 13 |
| 7 „ | 62 | 3 | 9½ | 3 | 6¾ | 3 | 8¾ | 3 | 4 |
| 8 „ | 49 | 3 | 11¾ | 3 | 8½ | 3 | 10¼ | 3 | 6¾ |
| 9 „ | 88 | 4 | 0¾ | 3 | 11½ | 4 | 0¾ | 3 | 12½ |
| 10 „ | 64 | 4 | 6½ | 4 | 5½ | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2¾ |
| 11 „ | 35 | 4 | 2¾ | 4 | 8½ | 4 | 4½ | 4 | 9¾ |
| 12 „ | 126 | 4 | 9½ | 5 | 2½ | 4 | 6½ | 5 | 3¾ |
| 13 „ | 109 | 4 | 8¾ | 5 | 12¼ | 4 | 8¾ | 5 | 9¾ |
| 14 „ | 14 | 4 | 11½ | 7 | 1¾ | 4 | 10¾ | 6 | 3½ |
| 15 „ | 1 | 5 | 1¼ | 7 | 6½ | ... | ... | ... | ... |