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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.
GIRLS.
| Age. | England. | County Areas. | Urban Areas. | North of England. | South of England. | Willesden. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 63.825 | 102 6 | I7.1 | 31.464 | 103.1 | 17.2 | 32,361 | 102.0 | 16.9 | 42,189 | 101.9 | 17.0 | 21,636 | 103.8 | 17.2 | 1,866 | 104.1 | 17.2 |
| 6 | 21,238 | 107.6 | 18.6 | 10,101 | 108.0 | 187 | 11,137 | 107.2 | 18.4 | 13,686 | 107.0 | 18.5 | 7.552 | 108.6 | 18.7 | 781 | 109.3 | 18.3 |
| 7 | 36,477 | 113.9 | 20.5 | 14,570 | 114. | 20.6 | 21,907 | 113.4 | 20.4 | 17,261 | 112.9 | 20.5 | 19,216 | 114.8 | 20.5 | 1,959 | 116.0 | 20.5 |
| 8 | 12,014 | 117.6 | 22.2 | 4.639 | 117.8 | 22.2 | 7.375 | 117.5 | 22.2 | 6,342 | 117.2 | 22.1 | 5,672 | 118.1 | 22.3 | 463 | 120.3 | 22.4 |
| 9 | 8,138 | 123.7 | 24.7 | 2,886 | 125.6 | 25.1 | 5.252 | 122.6 | 24.6 | 4,578 | 124.2 | 24 9 | 3,560 | 122.9 | 24.5 | 360 | 125.1 | 24.4 |
| 10 | 21,017 | 129.8 | 26.7 | 8,126 | 130.2 | 26.9 | 12,891 | 129.4 | 26.6 | 15,278 | I29.2 | 26.6 | 5,739 | 131.1 | 27.0 | 1,833 | 130.4 | 27.0 |
| 11 | 5,129 | 133.5 | 29.6 | 1,913 | 135.6 | 30.3 | 3,216 | 132.3 | 29.2 | 2,364 | 133.6 | 29.6 | 2,495 | 133.4 | 29.6 | 471 | 135.3 | 29.4 |
| 12 | 36,577 | 138.7 | 33.5 | 24.909 | 138.5 | 33.8 | 11,668 | 139.3 | 32.8 | 20,607 | 138.7 | 33.2 | 15970 | 138.8 | 33.8 | 330 | 141.1 | 33.1 |
| 13 | 50,717 | 144.5 | 36.3 | 21,771 | 145.1 | 36.8 | 28,946 | 144.0 | 35.9 | 28,854 | 143.07 | 36.1 | 21,863 | 145.6 | 36.6 | 1,584 | 146.3 | 37.0 |
| 14 | 3,702 | 149.0 | 39.8 | 1,269 | 149.8 | 40.1 | 2,433 | 148.7 | 396 | 2,035 | 147.7 | 39.0 | 1,667 | 150.7 | 40.8 | 137 | 148.1 | 41.0 |
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.