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f9(; iu,,.mirr-l 883. has stated that man attains his maximum height at the age of 30 years, and maintains it upAo 50 years, after which it begins to recede, and at 90 it has lost three inches. This may be, and probably is, true of individuals if measured from year to year, but it does not appear to be true of the population in the aggregate. The loss of stature resulting from the degeneration and loss of tissue, and the stooping position assumed by old people, is more than counterbalanced by the survival of a greater number of individuals who are above the average in height. The uniform increase in the weight, and chest-girth throughout adult life also confirms this view. Industrial Schools. 64. Thestatisties referring to Industrial School children of both sexes are given in a separate form, as illustrating the .physique of children bred under the most unfavourable conditions of life. Boys of this class of the age of 14 years are nearly seven inches (183) shorter of stature and 243,1 W. lighter in weight than the 1st or Standard Class of the foregoing tables. The returns sent in by Mr. It. Sutton from the Swinton School, near Manchester, are the most complete in all their details which the Committee has received from any source, and they may be accepted as models of what suchh returns ought to be. TABLE XXI.-Comparative Table of Boys and Girls in Industrial Schools. REPORT OF rjiN ANT11110POIJETINC CO)EMITTEE. 297 00 Numlwr of I height. Weight ('heat-girth Spin of Arms llbscrvutions Age l w w AP4 - inches inches 11)8. 164. inches inches i. I (t es 16 7 -- 57'64 - 93-92 - 29-25 57-rO - 15 58 l 55-43 55-50 85-50 67-50 28-130 57-17 58-50 14 102 33 54-46 55-00 77-35 81-25 27-2() 5472 5411 P. 1:1 - 221 58 53-23 52-98 72-31 72-76 26 311 52-45 53-60 12 205 66 5119 51-16 67-40 68-25 25-85 50-10 51-28 U 158 63 49.1 1 5118 6319 6196 24% 4115 4911 a P-A 10 191 60 48.09 47-70 56-76 56-00 23-97 47-46 4721 (D 100 70 47-02 4644 52-40 52-77 23-30 4630 45-41 9 69 66 44-61 44-68 4713 47-70 22-58 `3~20 43-46 a co 7. 64 45 4314 4138 4170 015 2116 41.23 4115 6 - 46 47 41-14 41-15 40-43 40-66 21-95 40-:4) 39,50 0 5 37 43 38.63 3912 3618 3108 2112 WO 3S!5 4 9 19 36-27 3707 83-61 34.09 2050, 8600 3510 0 o6, 3 5 10 34-50 3550 30-50 32.50 - 33-25 :12,50 -N F 0 2 11 --- - - 20-77 29-50 4 -- 27-00 - 16-21 6 & under 4 2125 - 1666 vs 12 months 0 & under f I I 1 23 50 27-501 11-00 12-50 4 -I 6 months 00 z) , , 4 ; c, I 6, 4 T 0 y T a t Ti S A m CI - 4 6 c!o m -M -M -M dl ICS IC] -e IC) b In M m Total 1,273 601 cl lo I- lo CC -I. m cI