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Bromley 1943

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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I was able to compare 147 boys and 166 girls born in 1930
with 193 boys and 228 girls born in 1926. The average age of
these children was, for the boys investigated in 1939, 12 7/12.
investigated in 1943, 12 10/12 ; and for the girls respectively
127/12 and 13 years.
The average height and weight were as follows:—

Table: Table I. Average height in inches.

Table I. Average height in inches.

Boys.Girls.
193957⅔59
194358½59¾

Table: Table II. Average weight in lbs.

Table II. Average weight in lbs.

Boys.Girls.
19398588½
194384½92

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These figures do not give the right picture. We can only
get a correct idea when we compare the children's distribution
over the different groups of height and weight. Then we find
the following results:—

Table: Distribution of Height and Weight. Table III. (Boys).

Distribution of Height and Weight. Table III. (Boys).

Height in inches.1939. 193 boys' records investigated. Avg. age, 12, 7/12.1943. 147 boys' records investigated. Avg. age. 12. 10/12.
49—510.5 per cent.0.7 per cent.
52—536.2 „0.7 „
54—5510.4 „6.8 „
56—5724.3 „23.1 „
58—5930.0 „30.6 „
60—6118.6 „24.5 „
62—636.7 „9.5 „
64—650.5 „2.7 „
over 652.6 „1.4 „

Table: Table IV. (Boys).

Table IV. (Boys).

Weight in lbs.1939. 193 boys' records investigated. Avg. age, 12, 7/12.1943. 147 boys, records investigated. Avg. age. 12, 10/12
55—600.5 per cent.1.4 per cent.
61—653.1 „3.4 „
66—708.3 „4.1 „
71—759.3 „8.2 „
76—8013.0 „22.4 „
81—8518.6 „17.7 „
86—9017.1 „15.6 „
91—9511.9 „15.0 „
96—1008.3 „2.7 „
over 1009.9 „9.3 „