Final report of the Anthropometric Committee / F. Galton, Chairman.

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[1883]
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Credit: Final report of the Anthropometric Committee / F. Galton, Chairman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table XXIII.—Comparison of Boys and Girls, at different Ages, in Industrial School at Swinton, near Manchester. Age No. of Observa¬ tions Height Wei ght Chest- girth Breathing capacity Strength of arm. Drawing power Sight. Test dots distin¬ guished at distance of feet M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. inches in dies Ills. lbs. inches inches cubic inches lbs. lbs. ft. in. ft. in. 14 6 21 55-0 54-4 78-7 80-9 28-3 29-0 189 177 400 33-0 27-9 38T 18 28 27 52-5 51.1 70-0 71-8 26-6 27-3 166 143 37-3 27-6 30-9 37-2 12 41 29 54-0 49-9 65-4 64-6 25-9 27-6 166 138 36-0 27-6 82-6 36-7 11 22 31 50-0 49-4 63T 60-3 25-3 27-5 153 145 34-2 25-4 32-3 39-0 10 32 27 48-2 47-0 57T 55-4 23-6 26-9 140 124 26-7 19-5 28-4 34-8 9 82 25 46-/ 45-8 52-7 52-0 28-0 26-2 132 126 21-7 18-0 24-2 81-7 8 24 28 43-8 44-4 47-0 47*3 22-6 25-7 117 112 18-4 17-0 22-8 36-5 7 32 20 43-6 41-2 *46-2 42‘4 22-2 25-5 77 83 18-5 12-5 23-8 27*6 6 28 19 40-7 39-0 39-9 37-2 21-4 21-0 48 54 11-5 8-5 19-8 34-3 5 12 15 38-9 38-6 35-8 34-8 20-8 20-6 38 41 6-4 6-8 16-4 19-9 4 3 3 35-0 35-0 32-3 29-7 20-0 19-3 22 30 4-0 4-3 9-6 13-0 o O 1 — 34-6 — 28-0 — 20-0 — 20 — — — — — Total 261 245 — !. — Boys 261 Girls 245 Colour of Eyes and Hair. Percentage proportion in each Class. Eyes light, with Eyes dark, with Light brown, green, or exceptional eyes, with light or dark hair Total Haii- light Hair dark Haii- red Haii- dark Hair fair Haii- red 54-6 12-7 1-7 20-1 1-2 3-4 6-3 100 65‘0 3-7 3-1 15-3 5-5 7 6-7 100 39-8 26-1 3-4 20-5 — IT 9-1 100 50-0 18-3 6-1 23-2 — 1-2 1-2 100 Physical Improvement or Degeneracy of the Population. 65. Few statistics are in existence which help to throw light on this subject. It is generally believed that the population in the manufac¬ turing towns of the North of England is rapidly degenerating, but a comparison of the measurements of stature and weight given in the Report of the Factory Commissioners of 1833, and in the Report to the Local Government Board on ‘ Changes in Hours and Ages of Employ¬ ment of Children and Young Persons in Textile Factories,’ 1873, shows that this is not the case. On the contrary, an examination of Table XXIY., showing these measurements, indicates a slight but uniform in¬ crease in stature, and a very large increase in weight, at corresponding ages. The increase in weight amounts to a whole year’s gain, and a child of 9 years of age in 1873 weighed as much as one of 10 years in 1833, one of 10 as much as one of 11, and one of 11 as much as one of 12 years in the two periods respectively. 66. As an example of the condition of a class living under most favour¬ able conditions, a table (XXY.) showing the measurements of the boys in the Friends’ (Quakers’) School at York, extending over a period of