342 On the Relation of Stature and Weight to Pigmentation 
Grove Street in Milton District; Provanside in St Rollox ; Alexandra Parade 
in Dennistown ; Abbotsford in Gorbals and Wolseley Street in Hutchesontown. 
Hair was classified in five shades : 
(1) all shades of red ; light red, bright red, and sandy red, &c. 
(2) all shades of fair ; flaxen, white, and golden yellow. 
(3) chestnut brown, dull brown, and all shades not reel, fair, or dark. 
(4) dark includes very dark brown (looking black at a moderate distance) 
and black. 
(5) jet black. 
Eyes were classified in four shades : 
(1) deep blue or pure blue. 
(2) light blue and light grey eyes. 
(3) not blue, light grey, or brown ; they are called medium eyes and include 
grey, green, orange and other mixed shades. 
(4) hazel-brown, dark brown, and dark eyes generally. 
Table I. gives the distribution of hair and eye colour in (a) Scotland, 
(b) Glasgow City, (c) the selected schools. 
TABLE I. Percentages. 
Hair Colour 
Eye Colour 
Ked 
Fair 
Medium 
Dark 
Black 
Blue 
Light 
Medium 
Dark 
\ Boys 
5-5 
24-9 
43 3 
25-0 
1-2 
14-7 
30-3 
32-7 
22-3 
a 
j Girls ... 
5-1 
27-4 
40-9 
25-4 
1-2 
14-9 
30-3 
32-1 
22-8 
b 
i Boys 
5-3 
21-8 
45-7 
26-1 
1-1 
10-7 
30-7 
34-1 
24-5 
\ Girls 
4-8 
21-3 
44-1 
28-6 
1-2 
11-7 
29-9 
34-0 
24-4 
(Boys 
5-2 
22-2 
47-2 
24-5 
•9 
11-0 
31-0 
37-2 
20-8 
c 
(Girls ... 
5-2 
20-5 
49-1 
24-2 
1-1 
10-7 
31-4 
36-2 
21-7 
It will be noticed, if a comparison between the selected schools and the whole 
of Scotland be made, that the selected schools show a defect in the percentage of 
fair-haired children, which is greater in girls than in boys, and an excess in the 
percentage of medium-haired children also greater in girls than in boys ; and 
further they show a defect of pure blue-eyed and an excess of medium coloured 
eyed children. 
If we compare the selected schools with the schools in Glasgow, we find an 
excess of medium-haired and a defect of dark-haired children in the selected 
schools, and an excess of medium-coloured eyes, and a defect of dark-eyed 
children. 
