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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    twenty-seven years, is given. Allowing for one or two obvious errors of observation, the general run of the figures is very uniform, the statures remaining stationary, while there is a slight improvement in the weight at the higher ages in the last nine years. Table XXIV.—Showing the average Stature and Weight of Factory Children at an interval of 40 years, 1833-1873. (Stanway and Roberts.) Stature. A e;e Boys Girls 1883 1873 1838 1873 No. Inches No. Inches No. Inches No. Inches 9 17 48-14 126 48-30 30 47-97 144 48-31 10 48 49-79 256 49-85 41 49-62 201 50-33 11 53 51-26 196 51-59 51 51-15 174 51-21 12 42 5338 175 53-30 80 53-70 — — Weight. No. lbs. No. lbs. No. lbs. No. lbs. 9 17 51-76 136 58 15 30 51-31 137 55-87 10 48 57-00 247 60-19 41 54-80 179 60-59 11 53 61-84 189 67-72 63 59-69 180 65-37 12 42 65-97 167 69-76 80 66-08 — — Table XXV.—Showing the average Stature and Weight of Boys in the York Friends’ School, for 27 years, 1853-1879. Stature Weight Age 27 yrs. 9 yrs. 9 vrs. 9 vrs. 27 vrs. 9 yrs. 9 yrs. 9 vrs. last No. of 1853 1853 1862 1871 1853 1853 1862 1871 Birth- Obs. to to to to to to to to day 1879 1861 1870 1879 1879 1861 1870 1879 inches inches inches inches lbs. lbs. lbs. lbs. 9- 13 51-5 51-4 49-7 53-4 62-9 63-2 *54-2 70-3 10- 86 53-3 53-9 *51-6 54-7 68-5 71-6 *61-1 74-2 11- 261 56-4 56-5 56-1 56 5 79-7 80-3 76-1 81-2 12- 585 57-7 58-0 57-9 57-4 858 86-2 86-1 85-4 13- 874 59-9 60-6 59-9 59-6 95-1 96-9 95-0 95-0 14- 1117 62-1 62-1 62-3 61-9 106-0 105-8 107-0 105-4 15- 1174 64-2 63-9 64-3 64-2 116-6 113-5 117-2 117-2 16- 515 66-1 65*4 66-1 66-3 127-8 122-2 126-6 130-2 1 - 36 67-2 — 67-0 67-4 1363 — 130 0 138-6 4661 * These values are too low, due probably to some error of observation. Mr. R. Clark, who furnishes the returns, is unable to account for the discrepancies in these year
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