ERUPTION OF THE PERMANENT TEETH 117 



THE STATURE 

 1. Stature of the groups compared 



It is to be noted that all the boys and girls of each group have 

 about the same stature at the age of seven years, and the stature 

 varies more both before and after this age. At five years the 

 Igorot boys are 97 cm. tall, the Filipino boys 105.8 cm. tall, 

 the German boys are 107.5 cm. tall, the German girls 110.8 cm. 

 tall, and the American girls and boys each 112.5 cm. tall. The 

 difference between the smallest and tallest group at five years is 

 15.5 cm., whereas the difference at seven years is only 4 cm. 

 There are so few individuals at the age of five years in each 

 group, the greatest number in any group is five individuals, that 

 the differences given are of slight importance. 



After the age of seven years the differences become significant. 

 The Igorots are still much below the average of any other group, 

 and the Filipino boys are also low in stature, but between 12 and 

 15 years very nearly equal to the German boys. There is a 

 constant decrease in the increment of growth in the Filipino 

 girls, which decrease from the age of seven years onward is greater 

 than that of any other group. 



The growth of the Filipino girls almost ceases between 14 and 

 15 years, and there is apparently no growth after the age of 18 

 years. The stature of the Filipino boys is less than that of the 

 Filipino girls until the age of 12 years is reached at which time 

 the boys pass the girls in a rapid growth that decreases suddenly 

 at the age of 17, although there is a slight increment of growth 

 in the Filipino boys even after the age of 20 is passed. 



The stature of the German girls is less than that of the German 

 boys before the age of 11, greater between the ages of 12 and 14, 

 after which it is again less, but very slightly so. There is a sud- 

 den check in the growth of the German girls at 14 but after 15 

 the growth again accelerates. The growth of the German boys 

 is fairly uniform throughout and there is no evidence of cessa- 

 tion at the age of 16. The growth of the German boys is, how- 

 ever, slightly more rapid after the age of 12 than before. There 

 is also a slight acceleration of growth in the German boys up 



