MOBILITY OF CHEST. 



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Table showing the mean, mobility of chest, and its relation to height and circumference of chest, in 



ticen ty-fou r n a ti vitics. 



Table slioioing the mean mobility of chest, and its relation to height and circumference of chest, in 



twenty-jive States of the Union. 



State. 



Vermont t 



Connecticut 



Rhode Island 



Indiana 



West Virginia 



Michigan 



Maine 



Massachusetts 



Wisconsin 



Pennsylvania 



New Jersey 



Minnesota 



Illinois 



Ohio 



New York 



Iowa 



New Hampshire 



Nevada 



Kansas 



Missouri 



District of Columbia 



Delaware 



Kentucky 



Maryland 



California 



Total, and mean of total 



Number 

 of men. 



3, 



2, 



3, 

 38, 



5, 

 12, 

 12, 



0, 

 10, 

 47, 

 1", 



3, 

 30, 

 39, 

 43, 



7, 



o 



374 

 099 

 013 

 354 



187 

 583 

 303 

 280 

 922 

 124 

 084 

 682 

 465 

 311 

 798 

 823 

 801 

 21 

 729 

 031 

 883 

 215 

 252 

 918 

 308 



315, 620 



Mean height. 



Inches. 

 67. 583 



66. 587 

 67. 290 

 68. 080 

 68. 005 

 67. 826 



67. 895 

 66. 891 



67. 911 

 67. 470 

 67. 023 



68. 371 

 67. 835 

 67. 782 

 67.274 

 67. 895 

 66. 929 

 68.286 

 68. 551 

 68. 337 

 67. 353 

 67. 490 

 68. 677 

 67. 814 

 08. 306 



07. 672 



Metres. 

 1.7166 

 1. 0913 

 1.7092 

 1.7292 

 1.7273 

 1.7228 

 1.7245 

 1. 6990 

 1. 7249 

 1.7137 

 1.7024 

 1. 7360 

 1. 7230 

 1.7217 

 1. 7088 

 1. 7245 

 1. 7000 

 1.7345 

 1.7412 

 1. 7358 

 1.7108 

 1.7142 

 1. 7444 

 1. 7225 

 1.73.50 



1.7189 



Mean circumference 

 of chest. 



Inches. 

 33. 375 



32. 574 

 32. 273 



33. 698 

 33. 065 

 33. 498 

 33. 808 

 .31.988 

 33. 505 



33. 491 



32. 326 



34. 020 

 33. 654 



33. 661 

 32. 909 

 33. 808 

 33. 597 

 .34. 381 

 33. 992 

 33. 903 

 33. 659 

 34. 245 

 33. 978 

 33. 899 

 34. 106 



33.418 



Metres. 

 .8477 

 .8274 

 . 8197 

 . 8.559 

 .8399 

 .8508 

 .8587 

 . 8125 

 . 8510 

 .8507 

 .8211 

 .8041 

 .8548 

 . 8550 

 . 83.59 

 . 8602 

 .8534 

 .8733 

 . 8034 

 . 8011 

 .8549 

 . 8698 

 .8030 

 .8610 

 .8663 



.8488 



Mean mobility of chest. 



Inches. 

 3.080 

 3.061 

 3. 035 

 3. 027 

 3.001 

 2. 985 

 2. 920 

 2.884 

 2.823 

 2. B19 

 2.817 

 2. 792 

 2. 759 

 2.748 

 2.742 

 2.664 

 2.606 

 2.560 

 2. 529 

 2. 517 

 2.492 

 2.481 

 2.475 

 2.411 

 2.338 



2.807 



Centimetres. 

 7.823 

 7.775 

 7.709 

 7.689 

 7. 623 

 7.582 

 7.417 

 7.3'25 

 7.170 

 7.160 

 7.155 

 7 092 

 7.008 

 6.980 

 6.965 

 6.767 

 6.619 

 6.502 

 0.424 

 0. 393 

 0.330 

 0.302 

 0.287 

 6.124 

 5. 939 



7.130 



It does not appear that mobility of chest bears any regular relation to age. Hutch- 

 inson asserts that it increases up to the age of 30. years ;^ but Mr. Gould found that it 



'Op. cil.. pp. 171, 172. 



