Graph I illustrates the corresponding data for girls. 



German girls average 108.24 pounds, outweighing those of 

 other nationalities. American girls weigh 106.86 pounds. 

 Jewish girls follow closely with an average weight of 106.34 

 pounds. All of these are above the average for all nation- 

 alities, which is 105.73 pounds. English, Scotch and Irish 

 girls average 104.35 pounds. After them come Italian girls 

 with 103.66 pounds, and Slavs with 103.37 pounds. 



The British girls show the greatest gain in weight, 4.58 

 pounds, from age 14J to age 15 J. Germans gain 3.96 pounds, 

 and Americans 3.23 pounds. The average for all nationalities 

 is 3.02 pounds. Below the average are Jews (2.44 pounds) 

 and Italians (1.58 pounds). 



In view of the preponderant part played by Jews and Ital- 

 ians in the constitution of our material, it has been of special 

 interest to enter into an examination of these groups in greater 

 detail. Table 14 (page 30) indicates the average height and 

 weight of Jewish and Italian boys and girls by nativity and 

 by half-year age-periods 



GRAPH I 



Average Weights of Girls of Various Nationalities at Each 

 Half-year Period, Ages 14 to 16 



