Physical education / by Frederick Treves.

  • Sir Frederick Treves, 1st Baronet
Date:
1892
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Physical education / by Frederick Treves. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the most precise data upon Anthropometry, so far as the English race is concerned, which we possess. It may in the first place be well to tabulate the periods at which the various parts of the skeleton are completed, so far as the facts of osteology guide us. The Spine . The Pelvis The Shoulder Girdle . The Upper Limb. The Lower Limb . - The 25th year • . The 20th year ( The Femur the 20th year • < The Tibia the 22nd year ( The Fibula the 24th year Table I.—Showing the average stature {without shoes) and the average weight {including clothes) at all ages of the general population of Qreat Britain. (All classes. Town and country.) Number of observations on which the averages are founded. Stature: Males, 37,574. Females, 4,616. TFeigTii: Males, 33,043. Females, 4,685. (From the Report of the Anthropometric Committee, 1883.) Males Females Age last birthday Average height, inches In- crease in inches Average weight, pounds In- crease in pounds Age last birthday Average height, inches In- crease in inches Average weight, pounds In- crease in pounds Birth 19-52 7-1 Birth 19-31 6-9 0-1 27-00 — — — 0-1 24-83 5-52 — — 1 33-50 — — — 1 27-50 2-67 20-1 — 2 33-70 — 32-5 — 2 32-33 4-83 25-3 5-2 3 36-82 — 34-0 1-5 3 36-23 3-90 31-6 6-3 4 38-46 1-64 37-3 3-3 4 38-26 2-03 36-1 4-5 5 41-03 2-57 39-9 2-6 5 40-55 2-29 39-2 3-1 6 44-00 2-97 44-4 4-5 6 42-88 2-33 41-7 2-5 7 45-97 1-97 49-7 5-3 7 44-45 1-57 47-5 6-8 8 47-05 1-08 54-9 5-2 8 46-60 2-15 52-1 4-6 9 49-70 2-65 60-4 5-5 9 48-73 2-13 55-5 3-4 10 51-84 2-14 67-5 7-1 10 51-05 2-32 62-0 6-5 11 53-50 1-66 72-0 4-5 11 53-10 2-05 68-1 6-1 12 54-99 1-49 76-7 4-7 12 55-66 2-56 76-4 8-3 13 56-91 1-92 82-6 5-9 13 57-77 2-11 87-2 10-8 14 59-33 2-42 92-0 9-4 14 59-80 2-03 96-7 9-5 15 62-24 2 91 102-7 10-7 15 60-93 1-13 106-3 9-6 16 64-31 2-07 119-0 16-3 16 61-75 •82 113-1 6-8 17 66-24 1-93 130-9 11-9 17 62-52 •77 115-5 2-4 18 66-96 •72 137-4 6-5 18 62-44 — 121-1 5-6 19 67-29 •33 139-6 2-2 19 62-75 •23 123-8 2-7 20 67-52 •23 143-3 3-7 20 62-98 •23 123-4 •6 21 67-63 •11 145-2 1-9 21 63-03 •05 121-8 — 22 67-68 •05 146-9 1-7 22 62-87 — 123-4 — 23 67-48 — 147-8 •9 23 63-01 — 124-1 •7 24 67-73 •05 148-0 •2 24 62-70 — 120-8 — 25-30 67-80 •07 152-3 4-3 25-30 62-02 — 120-0 — 30-35 68-00 •20 159-8 7-5 30-35 — 120-8 — 35-40 68-00 164-3 4-5 35-40 — 120-8 — 40-50 67-96 163-3 — 40-50 A1.1 K — 118-0 — 50-60 67-92 — 166-1 1-8 50-60 — 104-0 — 60-70 67-41 — 158-1 2-0 60-70 — — — 70 69-22 1-22 182-1 — 70 106-0 The following comments upon the series of tables of which the above is an abstract are furnished by the Anthropom etric Committee :— 1. Growth is most rapid during the first five years of life. 2. From birth to the age of five years the rate of growth is the same in both sexes, girls being a little shorter in stature and lighterin weight than boys.
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