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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
Hendon 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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| Ages | HEIGHTS AND WEIGHTS. | Boys' Departments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 4—5 | 5—6 | 6-7 | 7—8 | 8-9 | 9—10 | 10—11 | 11—12 | 12—13 | 13—14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height. | Weight. | Height. | Weight. | Height. | Weight. | Height. | Weight. | Height. | Weight. | Height. | Weight. | Height. | Weight. | Height. | Weight. | Height. | Weight | Height. | Weight. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ft. | ins. | st | lbs. | ft | ins. | st | lbs. | ft. | ins. | st | lbs. | ft | ins. | st | lbs. | ft. | ins. | st | lbs. | ft | ins. | st | lbs. | ft. | ins. | st | . lbs. | ft | ins. | st. | . lbs. | ft. | ins. | st | lbs | ft | . ins. | st | . lbs. | |
| Central Hendon | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9½ | 3 | 5½ | 3 | 10¾ | 3 | 7 | *4 | 2½ | *3 | ll½ | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4¾ | 4 | 8½ | *4 | 2¼ | *3 | 11½ | 4 | 7¾ | 5 | 6 | 4 | 9½ | 5 | 12 |
| Algernon Road | 3 | 5¼ | 2 | 11 | 3 | 6¼ | 2 | 13 | 3 | 10½ | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11¾ | 3 | 8¾ | 4 | 0¾ | 3 | 10½ | *4 | 3½ | *4 | 8 | 4 | 5¼ | 4 | 8½ | — | — | 4 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 11½ | 6 | 0 | ||
| Child's Hill | *3 | 7 | *3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9¼ | — | — | 3 | 9¼ | 3 | 4½ | — | — | — | — | 4 | 3½ | 4 | 4¼ | *4 | 3½ | *4 | 6 | — | — | 4 | 8¼ | 5 | 7½ | ||||||||
| The Hyde | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9¼ | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13½ | 3 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9½ | 3 | 3½ | — | — | *4 | 3½ | *4 | 5¼ | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | — | — | *4 | 6 | *4 | 11¾ | 4 | 9 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Garden Suburb | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9½ | 3 | 6½ | 2 | 13 | 3 | 7½ | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11½ | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1½ | 3 | 13 | 4 | 3½ | 4 | 4½ | 4 | 5½ | 4 | 10½ | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12½ | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 9½ | 5 | 11¼ |
| Burnt Oak | *3 | 4¼ | *2 | 3 | 5¾ | 2 | 11¾ | *3 | 10½ | *3 | 10½ | 3 | 10 | 3 | 4¾ | — | — | *4 | 3 | *4 | 6 | 4 | 4½ | 4 | 11 | *4 | 6¼ | *4 | 9½ | — | — | 4 | 9 | 5 | 13 | |||||
| St. Paul's | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 6½ | 2 | 12 | *3 | 9½ | *3 | 2¼ | 3 | 11 | 3 | 8 | *4 | 2½ | *4 | 5½ | *4 | 3 | *3 | 13¼ | 4 | 4½ | 4 | 10½ | *4 | 7 | *4 | 13½ | *4 | 8 | *5 | 11 | 4 | 11¾ | 6 | 4¾ |
| •St. Vincent's | *3 | 2½ | *2 | 9½ | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11½ | *3 | 10 | *3 | 5¼ | 3 | 11 | 3 | 9½ | — | — | — | — | 4 | 4½ | 4 | 11 | — | — | — | — | *4 | 9¼ | *6 | 5 | ||||||||
| St. Mary's | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6¼ | 2 | 12¼ | *3 | 9½ | *3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 4¼ | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9½ | *4 | 7 | *4 | 2 | 4 | 3½ | 4 | 6 | *4 | 6 | *4 | 13¼ | — | — | 4 | 10¾ | 6 | 0½ | |||
| St. Mary's R.C. | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11½ | *3 | 8½ | *3 | 3 | *3 | 6¾ | *3 | 6¼ | *4 | 1 | *3 | 10½ | _ | — | — | — | *4 | 4 | *4 | 8¼ | *4 | 7½ | *4 | 2 | — | — | 4 | 8½ | 5 | 2¼ | ||||||
| St. John's | 3 | 3½ | 2 | 9½ | 3 | 5¼ | 2 | 10½ | — | — | *3 | 5½ | *2 | 9½ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| All Saints' | 3 | 1¼ | 2 | 6¾ | 3 | 5½ | 3 | 0 | *3 | 6½ | *3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 4½ | 4 | 7½ | — | — | — | — | 4 | 10 | 5 | 12½ | ||||||||||
| St. Agnes' | 3 | 3¾ | 2 | 12¾ | 3 | 5¾ | 2 | 13 | *3 | 5 | *2 | 9½ | 3 | 10½ | 3 | 9¼ | *4 | 2 | *3 | 11 | — | — | 4 | 5½ | 4 | 7½ | *4 | 7 | *4 | 13¼ | *4 | 5 | *4 | 9¾ | 4 | 10 | 5 | 6 | ||
| St. Peter's | *3 | 4½ | *2 | 11½ | *3 | 5¼ | *2 | 10½ | *3 | 7 | *3 | 1 | 4 | 1¼ | 3 | 7½ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| Average all Schools | 3 | 3½ | 2 | 9½ | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12½ | 3 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10½ | 3 | 6¾ | 4 | 1¼ | 3 | 12 | 4 | 3¾ | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4½ | 4 | 7½ | 4 | 5¾ | 4 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9½ | 5 | 10½ | |
| Number Averaged | 158 | 157 | 191 | 192 | 102 | 103 | 280 | 279 | 63 | 63 | 44 | 44 | 254 | 254 | 28 | 28 | 36 | 36 | 228 | 228 | ||||||||||||||||||||
* Denotes not exceeding four averaged.