Hrdlicka. 



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if I consider all my observations on negroes together, that the aver- 

 age width of the forehead is generally slightly smaller in these than 

 it is in the white people. In connection with the fact that the whole 

 head of the negro is not smaller, this point would deserve a further 

 investigation. 



Average Diameter Front Minimum of the Children, According to Color, 



Sexes and Ages. 



The preceding figures conclude the study of the measurements 

 of the children of the Juvenile Asylum. To review a few principal 

 facts, these measures show that all the children of the institution 

 taken as a class are apparently somewhat below the average of free, 

 well nourished children in their growth. 



The asylum children are of a somewhat smaller stature and smaller 

 weight than are outside children that are available for comparison. 

 It would be very interesting in this connection to know the differ- 

 ences between the children as they enter here and when they leave; 

 perhaps it may be possible to learn this in future. Our measure- 

 ments of the heads of the children show no great discrepancies from 

 what we know is about the normal. There is good reason to be- 

 lieve that the majority of the inmates of the institution owe their 

 slight physical inferiority only to malnutrition and neglect and not 

 to inherent physical inferiority. These subjects cannot be excluded 

 from the general average class of children. There is, however, a 

 number of individuals here heavily charged with bad heredity, and 



