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For these purposes the Committee would have to be continued, and 

 must enter on a new labour. I should recommend that (as I have 

 already iiadicated) it should confine itself to measurements of the living, 

 leaving the study of human remains, as a large and very different subject, 

 to be taken up by individual anatomists skilled in its intricacies. 



A deputation might be einjjowered to communicate with the War 

 Office to instruct medical ofticers at the military depots to help by tilling 

 up, in the case of as many soldiers as they may be disposed to measure, 

 the details of a schedule to be furnished by the Committee, the schedule 

 mentioning, in addition to measurements, the name, birthplace, and age 

 of the soldier examined. By this means the variations of adiilt males in 

 different districts may easily be ascertained systematically. 



In like manner the Education Department might be communicated 

 with to get the head masters uf Board schools to till up schedules of 

 jueasurements, weight, age, and birthplace of each of the boys and girls 

 UJider their charge. The schedules sent to schools should be kept as 

 simple as possible, especially in view of the measurements and weights 

 requiring to be repeated at stated and not too distant periods. 



Probably the results to he obtained by collation of schedules will be 

 best worked out by Government employees, and this opens up the 

 question whether it may not be best for the Committee of the Anthropo- 

 logical Section to prepai-e suitable schedules and get the Council of the 

 Association to approve them, and approach Government through a depu- 

 tation headed by the President of the Association. 



The foil owiny Report has been drawn tip Injthc Secretary, and embodies 

 sugyestio'iiti made by certain other niembers of the Committee:- — • 



The replies to the circulars show that the number of measurements 

 made on each subject Ijy different observers varies from the four to six 

 imeasurements made on Itoys at public schools to some 160 measurements 

 or observations made in the Antliropometric Laboratory at Florence. 



Among the instruments stated to be in use are Matthieu's, Garson's, 

 Cunningham's, Uray's, Gladstone's, and Matthew Hay's. 



If we except veterans like Dr. Beddoe, most of those who have replied 

 to the circular have commenced Anthropometric work within the last few 

 years. At the present time there is a promising increase of activity both 

 among private investigators and in connection with High Schools. 



In the Appendix there will lie found references to publications 

 describing methods or results of Anthropometric work. 



Tlie objects of the observations mentioned include most of those 

 enumerated in question .'5. At schools the oly'ects are usually the regis- 

 tration of growth, though in some cases, as at the Grammar Scliool, 

 Aberdeen, much more extensive observations are made, as may be seen 

 by the schedule published in the Appendix. Dr. Gladstone's investiga- 

 tions have in view the determination of the correlation between the size 

 of the head and intellectual ability. 



Most of the correspondents insist on the importance of the training 

 of assistants. 



With a few exceptions, the results of the measurements are con- 

 sidered satisfactory. Mr. Meyrick considers that chest measurements 

 and circumference measurements of the head are untrustworthy ; Dr. 

 Gladstone is also of the same opinion. Professor Eeid recommends 

 greater simplicity of the schedule. Mr. Galton recommends the applica=. 



