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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
Willesden 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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TABLE SHOWING HEIGHTS (in Centimetres) AND WEIGHTS (in Kilogrammes) OF CHILDREN
IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF ENGLAND.
BOYS.
| Age. | England. | County Areas. | Urban Areas. | North of England. | South of England | Willesden, Years 1909-10. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Height | W'ght | No. | Height. | W'ght | No. | Height. | W'ght | No. | Height. | W'ght | No. | Height. | W'ght | No. | Height. | W'ght | |
| 5 | 65,438 | 1030 | 17.5 | 32.390 | 103.2 | 17.7 | 33.048 | 102. | 17 3 | 43.070 | 102.6 | 17.5 | 22,368 | 103.7 | I7.5 | 2,052 | 104.7 | 17.6 |
| 6 | 20.554 | 108.0 | 19.3 | 9.469 | 108.6 | 19.3 | 11,085 | 107.5 | 19.3 | 13,038 | 107.7 | 19.5 | 7,516 | 108.6 | 19.0 | 826 | 109.8 | 19.1 |
| 7 | 37.515 | 114.7 | 21.2 | 14,784 | 115.3 | 21.5 | 22,731 | 114.3 | 21.0 | 17,271 | 114.1 | 21.2 | 20,244 | 115.2 | 21.2 | 2,010 | 115.6 | 21.0 |
| 8 | 9,684 | 119.3 | 22.9 | 1,940 | 119.5 | 23.3 | 7,44 | 119.0 | 22.7 | 3.719 | 118.3 | 22.6 | 5.965 | 120.0 | 23.0 | 688 | 120.5 | 23.1 |
| 9 | 7.873 | 1247 | 25 1 | 2,699 | 1266 | 25.9 | 5.174 | 123.7 | 247 | 4.330 | 1254 | 25.5 | 3.543 | 123.8 | 24.7 | 454 | 125.6 | 25.3 |
| 10 | 21.579 | 129.4 | 27-4 | 8.234 | 1300 | 277 | 13.345 | 129.1 | 27.2 | 16,447 | 129.3 | 27.5 | 5,132 | 129.8 | 273 | 1,766 | 130.7 | 27.6 |
| 11 | 5,084 | 134.2 | 29.9 | 1.775 | 135.2 | 30.8 | 3.309 | 138.7 | 29.5 | 2,531 | 134.0 | 30.2 | 2,553 | 134.5 | 29.7 | 600 | 134.9 | 29.7 |
| 12 | 37,230 | 139.8 | 33.0 | 25.933 | 140.2 | 33.3 | 11,497 | 138.9 | 32.4 | 20,601 | 139.4 | 32.9 | 16,629 | 140.2 | 33.2 | 300 | 139.2 | 32.5 |
| 13 | 52.232 | 142.5 | 35.1 | 21,632 | 142.6 | 35.3 | 30,600 | 142.4 | 35.0 | 30,649 | 141.5 | 34.9 | 21,583 | 143.8 | 35.5 | 1,695 | 144.3 | 35.9 |
| 14 | 4.342 | 147.1 | 38.1 | 1,381 | 147.8 | 38.3 | 2,961 | 146.8 | 38.1 | 2,340 | 145.5 | 37.4 | 2,002 | 149.0 | 39.0 | 207 | 150.2 | 40.4 |
Note.—The figures for the different English areas are those of Drs. Tuxford and Glegg, who have collated them from
the returns of School Medical Officers throughout the country.