CIRCUMFERENCK OF CHEST. 



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Table showing the order of superiority of mean height, and the relation of mean girth of cheat to same, in 

 various races and classes of men examined in the United ISiatcs, (arranged from B. A. GonUl.y 



Nativity or chiss. 



Kentucliy aud Teiiiicsste 



Indiaus - 



Free States west of Mississippi Eiver . 



Scamliiiavia 



Ohio ami ludiana 



Students 



Coast slave States 



Mieliiijat], WiseoDsin, and Illinois 



New Kiiirlaiul States 



New Ydik, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. 



Scotland 



Miscellanioiis 



British America 



Wales aud Isle of Man 



Ireland 



Slave States west of Mississippi Elver 



England 



Mulattoes 



Negroes , 



Oerniauy 



Sailors 



France 



Spain, Portugal, and Spfinish America 



.a 

 S 



2G7 

 517 

 10 

 34 

 66'J 

 167 

 367 



ok; 



211 



765 



81 



32 



558 



20 



827 



51 



306 



863 



020 



562 



061 



100 



Total, and mean of total 15,504 



a ^ 

 ':3 M 



Rac«. 



26. 00 

 30. 73 

 22. 28 

 29. 17 

 24.70 

 21.84 

 26. 88 

 24. 38 

 25. 76 

 •.;6. 18 

 28.91 



27. 48 

 25. 53 

 31.14 

 29.24 

 24.56 

 27.08 

 26. 24 

 25.67 

 29. 76 

 26.13 

 27.74 

 31.63 



Mean lieiglit. 



26.24 



Iiiehes. 

 68. 53 

 68. 23 

 ()7. 89 

 67 76 

 67. 74 

 67. 73 

 67.56 

 ()7. 26 



67. 20 

 07.14 

 66. 94 

 66. 93 

 66.91 

 66.87 

 66. 59 

 (;o. 32 

 06. 25 

 66. 25 



66. 21 

 66. 17 

 66.02 

 65. 6() 

 65. 29 



66. 94 



MelrcH. 

 1.7407 

 1. 7330 

 1.7244 

 1.7211 

 1.7206 1 

 1.7203 I 

 1.7160 

 1.7084 

 1. 7069 

 1. 7054 

 1.7003 

 1. 7000 

 1. 6995 

 1. 6985 

 1. 6914 

 1. 6845 

 1.6828 

 1. C828 

 1. 6817 

 1. 6807 

 1. 6769 

 1.6678 

 1. 6584 



1. 7003 



Jleaii girth of chest 

 at expiration. 



34. .50 



21 

 14 

 19 

 17 



9 



8 

 20 

 10 

 15 



4 

 22 

 11 

 16 

 13 



7 

 18 

 12 

 23 



. 8763 



It would, at first, seem probable that the diflereuce of age might partly account 

 for the discrepancies of the foregoing table, as it is known that the thorax continues to 

 increase by growth up to the thirtieth year. But it is equally well established that a 

 man continues to grow in height up to the same or even to a later age, so that the 

 disproportion observed might be expected to advance pari passu. 



During the classification of the statistics of this office, the belief was strongly 

 entertained that something like a regular increase in the girth of the chest would be 

 found to co-exist with advancing stature. The two ensuing tables, which exhibit the 

 relation in question, first by nativities and next by States of the Union, make it mani- 

 fest that the anticipation was, so far, not realized. It will be observed that in these, as 

 in the preceding table, the height is recorded in its order of superiority. 



I The sources from which we have constructed this table will be found at jip. 276-281. 291. 292, 303, 304, 306,307, 311. 



