58 American Statistical Association. 



THE GROWTH OF ST. LOUIS CHILDREN. 



By William Townsend Pouter. 



In January, February, and March, 1892, 33,500 boys and 

 girls in the St. Louis public schools were measured by me 

 and my assistants. The following data were collected: Name 

 of pupil, place of birth, age at nearest birthday, birthplace of 

 father, birthplace of mother, occupation of father, number of 

 brothers and sisters living and dead, residence of pupil, color 

 of hair and eyes, height standing, height sitting, span of arms, 

 strength of squeeze witli right and left hand, girth of chest 

 at full inspiration and full expiration, weight, acuteness of 

 vision in right and left eyes, length of head, width of head, 

 height of face from root of nose to point of chin, width of 

 face, height of face from hair line to point of chin, and, 

 finally, the school grade of the pupil. 



The information thus secured has furnished material for 

 the following publications: (1) The Plmjsical Basis of Pre- 

 cocity and Dullness^ Transactions of the Academy of Science 

 of St. Louis, Vol. VI, No. 7, issued March 21, 1893 ; (2) The 

 Relation hetioeen the Groiuth of Children and their Deviation 

 from the Physical Type of their Sex and Age^ Transactions 

 of the Academy of Science of St. Louis, Vol. VI, No. 10, 

 issued November 14, 1893 ; (3) Untersuchungen der Schul- 

 hinderin Bezug anf die physischen Grundlagenihrer geistigen 

 Entwichelung ^ Verhandlungen der Berliner Anthropologi- 

 schen Gesellschaft, Sitzung vom 15 Juli, 1893, Virchow's 

 Zeitschrift fiir Ethnologic; (4) The Groii^th of St. Louis 

 Children., Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. 

 Louis, VoL VI, No.' 12, issued April 14, 1894. Three other 

 papers are in preparation : The Groioth of Large and Small 

 Children; Acuteness of Vision in the St. Louis Public 

 Schools ; and a statement of the normal weights for children 

 of different heights. 



