INCREASE IN THE WEIGHT OF THE ENTIRE BODY. 5! 



selected. 1 These observations have been chosen in 

 preference to some others because of their range, and 

 their special .applicability to English-speaking people. 

 They are those employed by Galton in his Life History 

 Album. Table 2 gives the figures for the average 

 weight of persons between birth and twenty- four years. 



TABLE 2. GIVING THE AVERAGE WEIGHT OF ALL CLASSES OF 

 THE POPULATION IN ENGLAND AT YEARLY INTERVALS. 

 THE RECORD is IN POUNDS AVOIRDUPOIS. THE WEIGHT 

 IS TAKEN WITH INDOOR CLOTHING. (From Roberts^ 



MALES. 



GENERAL POPULATION ALL CLASSES. TOWN 

 AND COUNTKV. 



FEMALES. 



GENERAL POPULATION ALL 

 CLASSES. TOWN AND COUNTRY. 



Roberts, Manual of Anthropometry ', 1878, 



