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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
Leyton 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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HEIGHT AND WEIGHT.
| Average Height in inches. | Average Weight in pounds. | Metric Scale. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| c.m. | Kilos. | |||
| Boys: age 5-6 | 40.6 | 34.3 | 103.2 | 15.56 |
| Girls: „ 5-6 | 40.75 | 37.2 | 103.43 | 16.88 |
| Boys: „ 6-7 | 42.6 | 40.5 | 108.24 | 18.37 |
| Girls: „ 6-7 | 42.7 | 39.9 | 108.51 | 18.12 |
The extremes in point of height amongst the 5-year old boys
were 84 c.m. and 118.75 c.m.; in point of weight, 12.3 kilos and
23-1 kilos.
Boys : 6 to 7 Height varied from 92.25 c.m. to 120 c.m.
Weight „ 13.1 kilos, to 23.7 kilos.
Girls : 5 to 6 Height „ „ 85.75 c.m. to 117.5 c.m.
Weight „ „ 11.2 kilos, to 24.6 kilos.
Girls : 6 to 7 Height „ „ 87.5 c.m. to 122 c.m.
Weight „ „ 10.2 kilos, to 25.5 kilos.
NUTRITION.
| Age 5-6. | Age 6-7. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | |
| Good | 370 | 302 | 126 | 107 |
| Moderate | 115 | 147 | 30 | 39 |
| Subnormal | 49 | 77 | 5 | 20 |
In determining under which heading—good, moderate or subnormal—a
child was to be placed, I adopted the following method.
Having ascertained from health tables that for the age of five years
males should average in height 1016 m.m. and in weight 18.14
kilos., giving an equivalent of 178 grammes per centimetre, I took
a number (160) sufficiently low to include all who could fairly be