Hrdlicka. 



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are apparent and do not affect the rules which the different columns 



of figures demonstrate. I was further afraid that the numerous 



nationalities of the children may prove a disturbing element in 



the total results. Such disturbance, however, was noticed only 



in the crude figures; the relations of the different data obtained 



remained practically the same, whether only one group or all 



of the white children were considered. I will here give each of the 



measurements taken on the children arranged in a comprehensive 



table adding only such remarks to each division as I think necessary 



or advisable. 



Height of the Children. 



The group figures of this measure are much more than any other 



affected by the nationality of the children. There is in the asylum 



a very large number of Italian children, and these are generally 



much smaller than are the American-born subjects. The Russian 



children are also considerably smaller. In consequence the average 



height of all the children taken together will not represent figures 



fit to be compared with any figures obtained on subjects of a more 



homogeneous nature. The value of the figures showing the average 



height of the children of the Juvenile Asylum consists principally 



in their being a basis for comparison with other measurements of 



the same individuals. With the colored males and colored females 



the figures given have a fuller value. 



Height. 



