§ Mr. Battleyasked the Minister of Education whether she will give, in tabulated form, keeping the sexes and age groups separate, the average heights and weights of schoolchildren of five to 14 years of age in the county of London in the year 1939, previous to the evacuation; the comparable figures in the present year; and similar figures for the years 1914 and 1919.
§ Miss WilkinsonI regret that I have not the information for the years in question. In 1940 the L.C.C. published a report on the average heights and weights of elementary schoolchildren in the county of London in 1938, including tables comparing the 1938 averages with the averages obtained in the period 1905–12. I am sending my hon. Friend a copy of this report.