Hrdlicka. 



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PART VIII. 



Children Whose Parents were Intemperate, Criminal, In- 

 sane or Dissolute. 



This class of children carries undoubtedly not only many defects, 

 the result of bad inheritance, but also the consequences of bad en- 

 vironment. We find altogether 61 of such children in the institution; 

 24 of these are native born, 9 are colored children born in this 

 country, and 28 are partly or wholly foreign. 



Members of this class of children come into the Asylum, almost as 

 a rule, very young and generally for destitution, being early aban- 

 doned, or left orphans by their parents. 



In measurements children of this class are generally inferior to 

 children with normal inheritance. Almost 60 per cent, of the indi- 

 viduals of this class were found to be inferior in their principal meas- 

 urements to the general averages of the corresponding classes of the 

 asylum children. The following comparative table shows these dif- 

 ferences better than words could. 



Boys — White. 



(1) All. (2) Those whose pareDts were insane, intemperate, dissolute or criminal. 



a and b represent two individuals. 



