WEIGHT. 



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The following table exhibits the limits of weight, at different ages, iu 1,000 men, 

 taken at hazard from the records of the State of Maine: 



Table showing the limits of weight at different ages. 



Afie. 



ao... 



21... 

 •22... 

 23... 

 24... 

 25... 

 •26... 

 27... 

 28... 

 29... 

 30... 

 31... 

 32... 

 33... 

 34... 

 35... 

 36... 

 37... 

 33... 

 311... 

 40... 

 41... 

 42,.. 

 43 .- 

 44... 

 45... 

 40... 



Total 



Weight. 



Mean woiglit. 



Pounds. 

 13G. 414 

 141. 500 



143. 529 



144. 233 

 138. 095 



144. 471 



137. 692 



138. 510 

 138. 563 



138. 756 



137. 222 



140. 880 



141. 532 



145. 838 



139. 324 



142. -44 



138. 067 



139. 579 



145. 434 

 140. 31)8 



140. 094 

 143. 172 

 139. 738 



146. 077 



143. 273 

 144.000 

 159. 000 



KUos. 

 01. 877 

 64. 184 

 65. 104 



65. 424 

 62. 639 

 65.532 

 62. 457 

 62.828 

 62. 853 

 62. 939 



62. 243 



63. 905 



64. 198 

 CO. 152 

 63. 197 

 64. 748 



62. 899 

 03. 313 

 05. 908 



63. 643 



63. 818 



64. 942 



63. 385 



66. 532 



64. 988 



65. 318 

 72. 122 



Maxi. 

 mnm. 



Founds, 

 175 

 105 

 193 



180 

 175 

 205 

 165 

 205 

 170 

 102 

 190 

 230 

 186 

 175 

 181 

 200 

 170 

 185 

 195 

 185 

 175 

 185 

 175 

 205 

 182 

 180 

 168 



Miui- 

 niuiii. 



Pounds. 

 110 

 106 

 112 

 110 

 115 

 115 

 100 

 100 

 115 

 105 

 109 

 110 

 110 

 103 

 110 

 115 

 113 

 115 

 110 

 110 

 131) 

 117 

 104 

 120 

 116 

 120 

 150 



Maxiiuuiii over 

 mean. 



Pounds, 



38. 586 

 23. 500 

 49. 471 



35. 767 



36. 905 

 60. 529 

 27. 308 

 66. 490 

 31. 437 

 23. 244 

 52. 778 

 79. 114 



44. 468 



39. 102 

 41. 676 



57. 256 

 .37. 333 



45. 431 

 49. 566 

 44. 692 



34. 306 

 41.838 



35. 262 



58. 333 

 38. 727 



36. too 

 9. 000 



Kilos, 



17. .502 

 10.060 

 22. 440 



16. 224 

 16. 740 

 27. 456 



12. 387 

 30. 100 

 14.260 

 10. 543 

 2:). 940 

 3,5. 886 

 20. 171 



13. 228 



18. 904 



25. 971 

 10. 934 

 20, 003 

 22. 483 

 20.272 

 1,5.561 

 18. 973 

 15.995 



26. 455 



17. 566 

 16. 329 



4. 082 



Miuimuin under 

 mean. 



Pounds. 

 20. 414 



35. 500 

 31. 529 

 34. 233 

 23. 095 

 29. 471 



37. G93 



38. 510 



23. 563 

 33. 756 



28. 332 

 30. 886 

 31.532 

 42. 838 



29. 324 

 27. 744 

 26. 667 



24. 579 

 35. 434 



30. 308 

 20. 694 

 26. 172 

 35. 738 



26. 677 



27. 273 

 24. 000 



9.000 



Kilos, 

 11.981 

 10. 103 

 14.301 



15. 528 

 10. 476 



13, 368 

 17. 097 

 17. 468 

 10. 688 

 1,5. 312 



12. 801 



14. 010 

 14. 303 

 19. 431 



13. 301 

 12. 585 



12. 096 

 11.149 



16. 073 



13. 748 

 0.387 



11.872 

 16.211 

 12. 101 

 13. 371 

 10, 886 

 4.082 



Maximum over 

 minimum. 



Pmmds. 

 65 

 59 

 81 

 70 

 60 

 90 

 65 



105 

 55 

 57 

 81 



110 

 76 

 72 

 71 

 85 

 64 

 70 

 85 

 75 

 55 

 68 

 71 

 85 

 66 

 60 

 18 



Kilos. 

 29.49 

 26.76 

 36.74 

 31.75 

 27. 22 

 40.82 

 29.49 

 47.63 

 24.95 

 25.86 

 36.74 

 49.90 

 34.47 

 32.66 

 32.20 

 38.56 

 29.03 

 31.75 

 38.56 

 34. 03 

 24.95 

 30.85 

 32. 20 

 38.56 

 29. 94 

 27. 22 

 8.17 



Increase. 



5.086 



2.029 



.704 



-6. 138 



5.376 



-6.779 



.818 



.053 



.193 



-1.534 



3.664 



.646 



4.306 



-6. 514 



3.420 



-4.077 



.912 



5.855 



-5. 126 



.386 



2.478 



-3. 434 



6.939 



-3. 404 



.727 



15. 000 



Kilos. 



2.307 



.920 



.319 



2.784 



2.439 



3.075 



.371 



.024 



.088 



.090 



1.662 



.293 



1.953 



2.955 



1.551 



1.849 



.414 



2.656 



2. 335 

 .175 



1.124 

 1.558 



3. 140 

 1.544 



.330 

 6.804 



Mean height. 



Inches, 

 67. 207 

 67. 592 



67. 838 



68. 600 



67. 357 



68. 235 

 68. 090 

 68. 051 

 67. 250 

 67. 059 



66. 931 



67. 714 



67. 883 



68. 581 

 08. 068 

 68. 192 

 68. 127 



67. 750 

 68. 151 



68. 282 

 68. 167 



68. 086 

 67. 536 

 68. 000 

 68. 182 

 66. 778 



69. 000 



Metres, 

 1.707 

 1.717 

 1. 733 

 1.742 

 1.711 

 1.733 

 1.730 

 1.729 

 1.708 

 1.719 

 1.700 

 1.720 

 1.724 

 1,742 

 1.729 

 1.732 

 1.730 

 1.721 

 1.731 

 1.734 

 1.731 

 1. 729 

 1.715 

 1.727 

 1.732 

 1.696 

 1.753 



140. 911 



63. 917 



30 



100 



79. 089 



35. 875 



40. 911 



18. 557 



120 



54,43 



67, 895 



1.725 



It is obvious that the weight of some of these men was in excess of all propor- 

 tion. One man (rejected) was 5 feet 8 inches (1.7272 metres) in height, 40 inches 

 (101 G millimetres) around the thorax, and weighed 220 pounds, (99.79 kilogrammes.) 

 Hutchinson long since demonstrated by experiment that weight, when excessive, was 

 attended with a loss of vital capacity, and he came to the conclusion that 7 ]:)er 

 cent, above his standard rates of proportion, in the relation of weight to stature, was 

 the limit of allowable excess. Above that margin, a loss of vital capacity exisued.^ 



This standard table of Hutchinson's was prepared by him for the use of life- 

 insurance companies, and, therefore, very properly includes the weight of the clothes. 

 In order to compare his figures with our naked weights, this excess has been removed 

 by the usual process — that of deducting one-eighteenth of the entire weight ; and the 

 result of the comparison has been fairly confinnatory of the older table. 



■Op. oil., p. 166. 



