452 



REPORT — 1894. 



28. Proportions of Shoulder and Trochanteric Breadths to the Stature 

 and to one another. — (a) The proportion -which the maximum breadth of 

 shoulder bears to the stature calculated from the corrected means of these 

 measurements is 23'8 per cent., -while that of the ti'ochanteric breadth to 

 the stature is 17 "3 in the males. Topinard gives these indices in Parisians 

 as 22 "9 and 18"5 respectively, (b) The proportion which the trochanteric 

 or maximum hip breadth bears to the maximum shoulder breadth (the latter 

 being taken as 100) is 72-9 per cent. Topinard gives this index in one 

 series of 100 Parisians, measured by A. Bertillon, as 83, and in a second 

 series of 40 individuals as 80'8 per cent. 



29. Weight. — The figures of -weight are given in English pounds and 

 tenths of a pound. 



30. Strength of Grasp.^The results here given are the mean of the 

 right and left hands, and not the strongest grasp -with either hand as 

 frequently recorded, and is expressed in pounds and decimals thereof. 



In the males the right hand is the stronger in 64 cases 



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cases 

 cases 



67''1 per cent. The left hand is the stronger in 

 23-1 per cent. Both hands are of equal strength in 9 

 9*5 per cent. 



In the females the right hand is the stronger in 37 cases (67-3 per 

 cent.) ; the left hand is the stronger in 14 cases (25"4 per cent.) ; the 

 strength of both hands is equal in 4 cases (7-3 per cent.). 



31. Vital Capacity of the Lungs. — This -was ascertained by means of 

 Stanley's spirometer, and is given in cubic inches, to -which the instrument 

 is graduated. 



32. Visio7i. — The strength of vision -was tested by means of Snellen's 

 test-types at a distance of six metres from the eye, each eye being tested 

 separately. While one eye -was being tested the other -was kept open and 

 a black card was held over it, so that the type could only be seen by the 

 eye being tested. 



Of the 96 males tested only 32, or 33-3 per cent, had normal vision; 



