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THE GROWTH OF THE BRAIN. 



but at the same time they possess much interest. 

 Stature is mainly dependent on changes in the bony 

 skeleton, or, to express it in a still more general way, in 

 the connective tissue framework. In making measure- 

 ments of it, then, we are following changes which take 

 place in one of the great tissue systems of the body. 



TABLE 8. GIVING THE AVERAGE STATURE OF ALL CLASSES OF 

 PEOPLE IN ENGLAND AT YEARLY INTERVALS. THE RECORD 

 is IN ENGLISH INCHES. THE MEASUREMENTS WERE MADE 

 WITHOUT SHOES. (From Roberts^) 



MALES. 



GENERAL POPULATION. ALL CLASSES TOWN 

 AND COUNTRY. 



FEMALES. 



GENEKAL POPULATION. ALL 

 CLASSES TOWN AND COUNTRY. 



