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TABLE III. Hair Colour. Showing the Percentages and Numbers of the various 
Hair Colours of Children suffering from Scarlet Fever, as compared with 
the General Population. 
Black 
Dark 
Medium 
Fair 
Red 
Totals 
]. 
Belvidere and Ruchill (combined) : 
Actual numbers 
12 
289 
1109 
360 
94 
1864 
Theoretical numbers ... 
22 
507 
842 
399 
94 
1864 
Actual percentage 
0-6 
15-5 
59-4 
19 3 
5-0 
100 
Theoretical percentage 
1-2 
27-2 
45-2 
21-4 
5-0 
100 
2. 
Ruchill, Girls : 
Actual numbers 
3 
137 
389 
138 
38 
705 
Theoretical numbers ... 
9 
198 
311 
152 
35 
705 
Actual percentage 
0-4 
19-5 
55-2 
196 
5-4 
100 
Theoretical percentage 
1-2 
28-0 
44-1 
21-6 
5-0 
100 
3. 
Ruchill, Boys : 
Actual numbers 
5 
77 
360 
113 
35 
590 
Theoretical numbers ... 
5 
150 
274 
128 
33 
590 
Actual percentage 
0-8 
131 
61-0 
19-2 
5-9 
100 
Theoretical percentage 
0-9 
25-4 
46-5 
21-7 
5-6 
100 
TABLE IV. Eye Colour. Showing the Percentages and Numbers of the 
various Eye Colours of Children suffering from Scarlet Fever, as com- 
pared with the General Population. 
Dark 
Medium 
Light 
Blue 
Totals 
1. Belvidere and Ruchill (combined) : 
Actual numbers 
280 
1156 
331 
97 
1864 
Theoretical numbers ... 
457 
634 
564 
209 
1864 
Actual percentage ... ... 
15-0 
62-0 
17-8 
5-2 
100 
Theoretical percentage 
24-5 
34-0 
30 3 
11-2 
100 
2. Ruchill, Girls: 
Actual numbers 
90 
400 
70 
30 
590 
Theoretical numbers ... 
143 
192 
186 
69 
590 
Actual percentage 
153 
67-8 
11-9 
5-0 
100 
Theoretical percentage 
24-2 
32-5 
316 
1T7 
100 
3. Ruchill, Boys: 
Actual numbers 
123 
433 
117 
32 
7<'5 
Theoretical numbers ... 
174 
228 
217 
86 
705 
Actual percentage 
175 
61-4 
16-6 
4-5 
100 
Theoretical percentage 
24-6 
32 3 
30-8 
12-2 
100 
■ J 
In scarlet fever whether boys and girls be considered individually or combined, 
the medium eye is very much in excess, the blue and light eye and to a less 
extent the dark eye considerably deficient, compared to their proportional repre- 
sentation in the general population. 
