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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
Walthamstow 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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AVERAGE WEIGHTS, 1910.
| Age. | Boys. | Girls. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total No. Weighed, W'stow. | Kilos. | Lbs. | British Association, 1883. | Total No. Weighed, W'stow. | Kilos. | Lbs. | British Association, 1883. | |||||
| General Population. Lbs. | Class IV. Artizans. Lbs. | No. Weighed. | General Population. Lbs. | Class IV. Artizans. Lbs. | No. Weighed. | |||||||
| 4-5 | 205 | 16.6 | 36¾ | 37.3 | 38.6 | 102 | 182 | 16.7 | 37 | 36.1 | 35.8 | 97 |
| 5-6 | 860 | 17.4 | 40 | 39.9 | 40.9 | 193 | 798 | 16.7 | 37 | 39.2 | 40.3 | 160 |
| 6-7 | 217 | 19.7 | 43 | 44.4 | 44.6 | 224 | 278 | 18.1 | 42 | 41.7 | 43.1 | 178 |
| 7-8 | 676 | 21.6 | 47 | 49.7 | 50.7 | 246 | 695 | 20.8 | 45½ | 47.5 | 46.2 | 148 |
| 8-9 | 8 | 21.4 | 46¾ | 54.9 | 54.3 | 820 | 10 | 20.7 | 45½ | 52.1 | 51.8 | 330 |
| 9-10 | 12 | 26.7 | 58½ | 60.4 | 58.3 | 1,425 | 5 | 25.5 | 56¼ | 55.5 | 55.2 | 535 |
| 10-11 | 12 | 27 | 59½ | 67.5 | 64 | 1,464 | 12 | 25.8 | 57 | 62 | 60.5 | 495 |
| 11-12 | 17 | 29.3 | 68¼ | 72 | 69 | 1,599 | 6 | 29.8 | 60½ | 681 | 66.8 | 456 |
| 12-13 | 451 | 32.7 | 72¼ | 76.7 | 72 | 1,786 | 380 | 32.6 | 72 | 76.4 | 74.9 | 419 |
| 13-14 | 743 | 35.8 | 78½ | 82.6 | 79 | 2,443 | 634 | 36.4 | 80 | 87.2 | 84.9 | 209 |
| 14-15 | 89 | 38.9 | 85½ | 92 | 87.2 | 2,952 | 81 | 40.9 | 90 | 96.7 | 97.7 | 229 |
| 15-16 | 31 | 41.3 | 91 | 102.7 | 96.4 | 3,118 | 28 | 50.5 | 111 | 106.3 | 107.6 | 187 |
| 16-17 | 1 | 38.5 | 85 | 1 | 40 | 88 | 113.1 | 128 | ||||