D. Macdonald 
considered here, namely, the dark-haired children with dark eyes, the mediu 
haired children with medium eyes, and the fair-haired children with light eyes. 
TABLE XV. Eye Colour. Showing the Number of Patients, the 
Percentage of Severe Gases, and the Percentage of Deaths in 
Dark and Medium-eyed Children grouped together and Light 
and Blue-eyed Children grouped together. 
Disease 
Dark and Medium 
Light and Blue 
Scarlet Fever .* 
Number of cases 
Percentage of severe cases ... 
Percentage of deaths 
1436 
16-9 
3-2 
428 
19-4 
4-2 
Diphtheria : 
Number of cases 
Percentage of severe cases ... 
Percentage of deaths 
417 
37-2 
11-0 
283 
41-3 
9-9 
Measles : 
Number of cases 
Percentage of severe cases ... 
Percentage of deaths 
494 
17-4 
8-5 
167 
25 3 
12-3 
Whooping Cough: 
Number of cases 
Percentage of severe cases ... 
Percentage of deaths 
165 
18-2 
8-5 
145 
20-0 
11-0 
TABLE XVI. Hair and Eye Colour. Shotving the Number of Patients, 
the Percentage of Severe Cases and the Percentage of Deaths in the 
three main Hair and Eye combinations. 
Dark hair and 
Medium hair and 
Fair hair and 
dark eyes 
medium eyes 
light eyes 
Scarlet Fever: 
Number of cases 
145 
826 
165 
Percentage of severe cases . . . 
Percentage of deaths 
12-4 
1-4 
16-6 
3-6 
19-4 
4-9 
Diphtheria: 
Number of cases 
40 
223 
97 
Percentage of severe cases ... 
37-5 
39-9 
44-3 
Percentage of deaths 
12-5 
11-7 
16-5 
Measles : 
Number of cases 
39 
260 
70 
Percentage of severe cases ... 
20-6 
16-1 
25-7 
Percentage of deaths 
5-1 
8-0 
14 3 
Whooping Cough: 
Number of cases 
16 
89 
39 
Percentage of severe cases ... 
12-5 
19-1 
28-3 
Percentage of deaths 
o-o 
7-9 
17*9 
