Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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AVERAGE HEIGHTS, 1910.
Age. | Boys. | Girls. | ||||||||||
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Total No. Measured, W'stow. | Centimetres. | Inches. | British Association, 1883. | Total No. Measured, W'stow. | Centimetres. | Inches. | British Association, 1883. | |||||
General Population. Inches. | Class IV. Artizans. Inches. | No. Measured. | General Population. Inches. | Class IV. Artizans. Inches. | No. Measured. | |||||||
4-5 | 205 | 101.1 | 40 | 38.46 | 37.63 | 107 | 182 | 100.9 | 39¾ | 38.26 | 37-30 | 99 |
5-6 | 860 | 105.2 | 41½ | 41.03 | 39.72 | 201 | 798 | 103.6 | 40¾ | 40.55 | 39.77 | 157 |
6-7 | 217 | 104.5 | 41¼ | 44 | 41.90 | 266 | 278 | 108.5 | 42¼ | 42.88 | 41.84 | 189 |
7-8 | 676 | 114.2 | 45 | 45.97 | 44.60 | 307 | 695 | 113.9 | 44¾ | 44.45 | 43.56 | 173 |
8-9 | 8 | 116.8 | 45¾ | 47.05 | 46.46 | 1,523 | 10 | 116.5 | 45½ | 46.6 | 45.55 | 432 |
9-10 | 12 | 125.2 | 49¼ | 49.70 | 48.88 | 2,278 | 5 | 123.4 | 48¾ | 48.73 | 47.36 | 499 |
10-11 | 12 | 126.8 | 49¾ | 51.84 | 50.72 | 1,551 | 12 | 124.4 | 49 | 51.05 | 48.96 | 480 |
11-12 | 17 | 131.1 | 51½ | 53.50 | 52.68 | 1,766 | 6 | 136.3 | 53½ | 53.10 | 51.54 | 441 |
12-13 | 451 | 138.8 | 54½ | 54.99 | 53.72 | 1,981 | 380 | 140.6 | 55¼ | 55.66 | 53.98 | 222 |
13-14 | 743 | 143.3 | 56½ | 56.91 | 55.81 | 2,743 | 634 | 139.5 | 54¾ | 57.77 | 56.22 | 206 |
14-15 | 89 | 148.3 | 58¼ | 59.33 | 58.61 | 3,428 | 81 | 149.8 | 58¾ | 59.80 | 58.56 | 240 |
15-16 | 31 | 152.2 | 60 | 62.24 | 61.36 | 3,498 | 28 | 149.1 | 58½ | 60.93 | 59.41 | 201 |
16-17 | 1 | 1480 | 58 | 1 | 154 | 60½ |