Hrdlicka. 



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PART VI. 



Children With Five or More Abnormalities. 



There were found of such children 62 white males, 16 white 

 females, 8 colored males and 1 colored female, in all 87. 



The measures of these children show that almost 50 per cent, of 

 the individuals of this class (48.3 per cent.) are in their principal 

 measurements below the general average obtained on all the chil- 

 dren of similar ages in the institution. The following table shows a 

 comparison of the principal average measurements of the abnormal 

 white boys with those obtained on all the white boys in the institu- 

 tion. 



Boys— White. 



(1) All. (2) Boys with 5 or more abnormalities. 



Inquiries as to the nationalities of these children show that 21 

 or about 27 per cent, of the white boys were of American parentage, 

 24 or about 31 per cent, were Italians, and 11 or about 14 per cent, 

 were Germans. The proportion of abnormal children is much smal- 

 ler among the Italians than is the proportion of the children of this 

 nationality to the total of white children in the institution. Of the 

 Germans it is about the same, but of the Americans it is considerably 

 greater. These facts are to be explained on the same basis as I men- 



