ANTHROPOLOGY OF EASTERN EUROPEAN JEWS 205 



who were short of stature had a girth of 1.64 cm. larger than 

 the average. 



This condition is interesting from another standpoint. The 

 average stature of Jewish consumptives has been observed to 

 be superior to that of healthy Jews. The extensiv^e statistics of 

 Snigirew have shown that among Jewish recruits in Russia the 

 relation of stature to girth has been as follows among healthy 

 and consumptive Jews : 





Average for All 

 Jewish Recruits. 



Average tor Jewish 

 Consumptives. 



Difference. 



Stature. 

 Girth of chest. 

 Relation of girth to stature 

 (percent). 



1612 

 80.18 



49.68 



1628 

 75.95 



46.64 



— 1.54 



— 4.23 



—3.04 



The figures on this table show that the Jewish consumptive 

 is taller than the normal Jew, but that the girth of his chest is 

 both absolutely and relatively smaller than that of healthy Jews. 

 He is deficient in his "index of vitality " as Goldstein speaks of 

 it.^ My own observations on Jewish consumptives, as yet un- 

 published, show that this condition also prevails among the con- 

 sumptive Jews in New York City. Consumption seems to select 

 its victims preferably among the taller Jews. Judt thinks that 

 this factor, by a natural elimination of the taller Jews, exerts a 

 great influence in reducing their average stature.^ 



The girth of the Jews from various countries varies only 

 slightly as can be seen from the following figures : 



Nativity. 



Number. 



Girth. 



Percent of Stature. 



Gahcia. 



191 



83.93 



51.74 



Poland. 



^n 



85.53 



52.34 



Lithuania. 



126 



84.93 



51.72 



Little Russia. 



108 



85.00 



51-30 



Roumania. 



146 



84.41 



50.85 



Hungary. 



121 



86.30 



52.08 



United States. 



118 



88.09 



52.46 



^Loc. cit. 



2 J. M. Judt, "Die Juden als Rasse," Berlin, 1903, p. 85. 



