Note 28 — IV.—COMPARATIVE CHANCES OF LIFE IN DIFFERENT CLASSES OF THE COMMUNITY.
Reading edition
In recruiting for the French army, the standard is now fixed at 1·566 metres of height, which is about 5 feet 1½ inches English.
Fifty years ago, however, the standard height was 5 feet 4 inches English.
The English standard is for the Foot Guards 5 feet 6 inches.
lbs. avoirdupois.
The mean weight in Belgium (Brussels and environs) of the man is 140·49
In France (Paris and the neighbourhood) the man is 136·89
The mean weight of the Englishman (taken at Cambridge), from 18 to 25 150·98
(In coaches it is usually considered that it averages 165 lbs.)
The mean height of the Belgian male is 5 feet 63 10 inches
The mean height of the Frenchman 5 feet 4 inches
The mean height of the Englishman 5 feet 9½ inches
(M. Quetelet and M. Villermé, on the authority of M. Tenon, Annuaire de l’Obs. de Bruxelles, 1836.)