CORRELATION OF ANTHROPOMETRICAL 
MEASUREMENTS IN CAIRO-BORN ^^ATIVES = 
By MYER M. ORENSTEEN 
{Ministry of Public Worlis, Egypt) 
1. The Material. Since 1910, owing to the completion of an anthropometrical 
study undertaken by the Egyptian Government under the direction of Mr J. I. Craig, 
now Controller-General of the Statistical Department, a series of measurements 
of about ten thousand Egyptian natives has been filed in the Survey Department. 
It has been thought of interest to take this opportunity to re-examine the 
material in order to determine the correlation between the different organs of the 
native body available. 
Referring to the nature of the characters considered in the paper, it will be 
necessary to remember here that the data belong to anthropometrical slips of 
prisoners, taken from the Cairo Anthropometrical Bureau. The slips have been 
drawn absolutely at random without any particular character of selection. 
To Mr J. I. Craig, the writer addresses his best thanks for kindly allowing him 
full access to the material, and for valuable advice. 
2. The Data. The measurements available and dealt with in the paper are: 
(L.) Length of the Head. This is the shortest distance between the glabella 
and the occipital point as measured with callipers. 
(B.) Breadth of the Head. This is the maximum breadth of the head. It is 
measured with callipers just above the back of the ears. 
[L.M.F.) Length of the left middle Finger. 
(L.F.) Length of the left Foot. 
(L.C.) Length of the left Cubit. 
(S.) Stature. This is the total height standing without boots. 
From the ten thousand individuals in hand, who are natives of all parts of 
Egypt up to Aswan, 1191 persons have been selected as being exclusively males 
born in Cairo. From this selected group a further number of 389 has been 
* As the Editor was unable to consult the author of this paper, he lias considered it best to alter 
as little as possible the literary expression. 
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