Report of the Anthropometric Committee : [1879].

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[1879]
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Credit: Report of the Anthropometric Committee : [1879]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Ratio of Weight to Height. Westminster School, Dean’s Yard Industrial Schools. Newcastle Shustoke, Birmingham Greenock Sale (Females) Age Ratio Ratio | Ratio Ratio Ratio Number between Number between Number between Number between Number between of obser- height of obser- height of obser- height of obser- height of obser- height vations and vations and vations and vations and vations and weight* weight* weight* weight* weight* 5 — — 1 1*0 — — — — — - 6 — — 2 1-0 — — — — •- _ 7 — — 3 1-1 — — 2 IT 1 0-8 8 — — 10 IT 3 1*2 2 1*3 — _ 9 — — 11 IT 5 1*3 6 1*3 5 IT 10 2 1-3 27 1*2 43 1-2 7 1*4 6 IT 11 7 1*2 22 1-2 13 1-3 11 1*4 17 1-2 12 15 1-4 26 1*3 15 1-4 24 1-5 10 1-3 13 20 1-4 17 1*3 11 1-3 29 1-5 zi'y 9 f 1*4 14 48 1-6 13 1-4 5 1-5 16 1-6 u 1-5 15 39 1*7 12 1-6 11 1-7 2 1*6 9 1*6 16 43 1-9 1 1*5 3 1*8 1 1*9 1 1-5 17 13 1*9 — — — — — — — — 18 3 20 — — —- —- — — — — All ages . 200 1-7 '150 1-3 34 1-4 100 1-5 30 1-3 Average age 15*2 years 11-9 years 12-4 years 12*6 years 12-8 years # Number of pounds in weight to an inch in height. Note.—Taking the ages 12 and 13 as those which afford the largest number for comparison, it would seem that the ratio between height and weight does not differ largely among these very diverse classes. The returns relating to Christ’s Hospital have been abstracted for the Committee by Sir Rawson W. Rawson, for each month of age as shown by the subjoined tables :*—
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