258 REPORT—1883. 
Summary of Information Obtained. 
13. The Committee submit in this, its final Report, a review of all the 
information which it has collected under the different heads of inquiry, 
giving references to those tables and conclusions which have been pub- 
lished in its previous Reports, and adding such others as it has been able 
to draw from the several sources at its command. 
14. The first object of the Committee has been to ascertain the prin- 
cipal characteristics of the adult population :— : 
a. As to the stature, weight, chest-girth, and strength of the whole 
country and of each of its four provinces, shown in Table I., pages 256, 
257. 
b. The relative stature, weight, and strength of men and women. 
Table II., page 261. 
c. The stature, weight, and complexion (colour of eyes and hair) 
of men in different counties as indicating their racial origin, and the in- 
fluence of soil, climate, occupation, and other sanitary surroundings. 
| Tables ITT. and IV., and Plates V.-IX., pagés 262 to 265. | AR. 
d. The relative stature of men of British origin, and that of other 
nationalities and races as far as they have been ascertained. ‘Tables V. 
and VI., pages 268, 269. 
15. The second object the Committee has had in’ view has been to 
ascertain the rate of growth and development of children of both sexes 
under different conditions of life (media) ; the period of the ‘attainment of 
maturity; and the influence of advancing age on the physical condition 
of the body. Tables XII. to XXV. 
Aputt PopuLaTiON oF THE BritisH IsLzs. 
a. Adult Males—Table I, ) 
16. Table I. shows the stature, weight, chest-girth, and strength of 
adult males of the ages from twenty-three to fifty years, the number of 
men at each measurement, and the ratio per thousand of the male popu- 
lation. 
17. The observations are grouped according to the place of birth in 
England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland; and, with the exception of the 
Irish, they were chiefly derived from the division of the country under 
which they are entered in the table. The Irish returns are almost 
entirely those of men born in Ireland, but living in England, Scotland, 
or Wales ; and the Committee regrets that it has not been able to obtain 
more than one return direct from Ireland. The Scotch and Welsh by birth, 
living in England, have been entered under their respective nationalities. 
The columns are arranged in the order of the superiority of the average 
stature and weight. : 
18, The general results indicated by this table may be summarised as 
follows :—In height the Scotch stand first (68°71 inches; 1:746 métres), 
the Irish second (67°90 inches; 1°726 métres); the English third 
(67°36 inches; 1:712 métres), and the Welsh last (66°66 inches; 1:694 
métres), the average of the whole being 67°66 inches (1°720 métres). 
In weight the Scotch take the first place (165°3 lbs.; 75:1 kilos.), 
the Welsh the second (158'3 lbs.; 71:9 kilos.), the English the third 
(155:0 Ibs.; 70°5 kilos.), and the Irish the fourth (154'1 lbs.; 70:0 kilos.), 
the average weight of the whole being 158°2 Ibs. (71°9 kilos.). Thus the 
Scotch are the tallest and heaviest, the English take the third place in 
both tables, while the position of the Welsh and Irish is reversed—the 
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