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Head, difference in shape of, according to age, etc 54, 55 



difference of, between white and negro children 52, 53, 60 



height of 53 



measures of 51 et seq. 



module of 55 



Height, average, all nationalities 37 



of American born asylum children compared with height of American chil- 

 dren from the public schools, Boston 38 



of Italian children 39 



Investigations, nature and object of, general remarks 3, 4 



advantages of, to the children, scientific 5, 6 



Improvement in children after admission 9 



Left handed individuals, proportion of 31 



Limbs, abnormalities of. 22 



Measurements selected 3 



a brief resume of the results of 57, 58 



of the children without any physical abnormalities 66 



of the children whose parents are intemperate, etc 75 



of the children with five or more abnormalities 69 



of children whose both parents are dead 78 



of children whose one or both parents died of consumption 80 



of children, criminal or vicious 72 



Measuring, methods of 7 



Measures, detail report 36, 58 



Methods of examination 7 



Module of Smith 55 



Nature of investigations, general remarks about 3 



of children admitted to the institution 4 



Nationalities of children 32, 63, 65, 69, 72, 75 



Normal and abnormal characters, definitions of 13 



children, physically, proportions of same 14, 65 



Numbers and classes of children examined 3, 11 



Objects of investigations 4 



Observations, general, on the children 9 



on the children, since they have been in the institution, children 



without any physical abnormalities 67, 68 



on the children since they have been in the institution, children 



with five or more abnormalities 7° 



on the children since they have been in the institution, whose parents 



are intemperate, etc 76 



on the children since they have been in the institution, criminal or 



vicious 73 



Objections to examinations 8 



Palate, abnormalities of. 22 



Pressure force 44 et seq. 



Pressure and traction force, methods of testing 44 



differences of 44 



