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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. | Girls' 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 | 3¾ | 2 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12¼ | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | *3 | 9½ | *3 | 4½ | *4 | 2¼ | *3 | 12½ | 4 | 2½ | 4 | l½ | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5½ | *4 | l½ | *3 | 12½ | — | — | 4 | 11½ | 6 | 4 | ||
| Algernon Road | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8½ | 3 | 7½ | 3 | 0½ | 3 | 9¼ | 3 | 1¾ | 3 | 10½ | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1¼ | 3 | 9½ | *4 | 3 | *3 | 12 | 4 | 5½ | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3¼ | *4 | 6¾ | *5 | 2¾ | 5 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Child's Hill | *3 | 5 | *2 | 10 | 3 | 5¼ | 2 | 10½ | *3 | 10 | *3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 4 | *4 | 0 | *3 | 10 | *4 | 2¼ | *4 | 2 | 4 | 3½ | 4 | 2¾ | *4 | 7 | *4 | 11½ | *4 | 11 | *5 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 9 |
| The Hyde | 3 | 3¼ | 2 | 8 | 3 | 5¼ | 2 | 9½ | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10¼ | 3 | 3¾ | — | — | *4 | 4 | ♦4 | 5½ | 4 | 3½ | 4 | 1 | *4 | 7 | *4 | 11 | *4 | 9¼ | *5 | 3½ | 4 | 9½ | 5 | 5 | ||
| Garden Suburb | 3 | 3½ | 2 | 7¾ | 3 | 6½ | 2 | 12¾ | 3 | 8¼ | 2 | 13½ | 3 | 11¾ | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0½ | 3 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5¾ | 4 | 4½ | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7½ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9½ | 5 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 6 | l½ |
| Burnt Oak | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8¼ | 3 | 5¾ | 2 | 12¼ | *3 | 10 | *3 | 2½ | 3 | 10 | 3 | 7 | *3 | 8½ | *3 | 0½ | *4 | 2½ | *4 | 3¼ | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | .4 | 9¾ | *5 | 4½ | — | — | 4 | 11 | 6 | 4½ | ||
| St. Paul's | *3 | 2¾ | *3 | 1½ | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | *3 | 6½ | *2 | 10½ | 3 | 10¾ | 3 | 6¾ | *4 | 0¼ | *3 | 8¾ | *4 | 2 | *3 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6¾ | *4 | 11¼ | *6 | 5 | *4 | 2½ | *3 | 7 | 4 | 11½ | 6 | 6½ |
| St. Vincent's | *3 | 3¾ | *2 | 9½ | 3 | 5½ | 2 | 12½ | *3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 5¼ | *3 | 9¼ | 13 | — | — | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | — | — | — | — | *5 | 2¾ | *6 | 13½ | ||||||||
| St. Mary's | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8¼ | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9½ | *3 | 0½ | 8¾ | 3 | 10 | 3 | 4 | *3 | 11½ | *3 | 8 | — | — | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 11 | 6 | 4¾ | |||||||
| St. Mary's R.C. | *3 | 3½ | *2 | 8½ | *3 | 6 | *3 | 3 | *3 | 5½ | 3¼ | *3 | 9½ | *3 | 6¼ | — | — | *4 | 4 | *4 | 8½ | 4 | 3¼ | 4 | 7 | *4 | 2 | *4 | 4 | *4 | 9½ | *5 | 10 | 4 | 10½ | 6 | 2¾ | |||
| St. John's | 3 | 3½ | 2 | 7½ | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 7½ | 2 | 13¾ | — | — | — | — | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0¼ | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| All Saints' | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5¾ | 3 | 3¾ | 2 | 10 | 3 | 4¾ | 2 | 10 | *3 | 10 | *3 | 13½ | — | — | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13½ | 4 | 1½ | 4 | 4 | — | — | *4 | 8 | *5 | 5 | 4 | 6¾ | 5 | 9 | ||||
| St. Agnes | *3 | 4¼ | *2 | 13¼ | *3 | 5¾ | *2 | 12¾ | *3 | 8¼ | *3 | 6¾ | *4 | 1¼ | *3 | 12½ | .4 | 0¾ | *3 | 13¾ | *4 | 7 | *5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4½ | *4 | 5 | *4 | 3 | *4 | 7 | "5 | 5¾ | 5 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| St. Peter's | 3 | 4½ | 2 | 10¼ | *3 | 5 | *2 | 9 | *3 | 8½ | 4½ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| Average All Schools | 3 | 3¼ | 2 | 8¼ | 3 | 5¾ | 2 | 11½ | 3 | 7¾ | 3 | 0½ | 3 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0½ | 3 | 10 | 4 | 2¼ | 4 | 2½ | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7¼ | 5 | 0½ | 4 | 8½ | 5 | 4¾ | 4 | 10½ | 6 | 0 |
| Number Averaged | 128 | 127 | 196 | 196 | 85 | 86 | 251 | 251 | 39 | 39 | 49 | 49 | 268 | 269 | 30 | 30 | 27 | 27 | 208 | 208 | ||||||||||||||||||||
* Denotes not exceeding four averaged.