Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1862-02-13
Ohio Physical Statistics:

Ohio Physical Statistics:
The Annual Report OF the Commission
er Of Statistics of Ohio for 1861, presents
many facts and figures of general interest
and importance. Under the head of social
Statistics, Mr. Mansfield has given the re-
suit of investigation on the subject of the
physical men Of Ohio, curious and new to
most readers, We make some extracts
from the report:
Mr.. Mansfield says that some years ago
aided by Professor Henry of the Smith
sonian Institute, be commenced an inqui-
ry into the physical characteristics of the
Anglo American. Numerous experiments
throughout the United States have been
made, aud recently Prof. Henry has null
tiplied them by the measurement of many
thousand men in the Army of the Poto.
mac" Mr.. NJ. says be has also made a
table comprehepdiDg thousands of men in
all classes of life. In bis report he gives
the results of bis Investigations relating to
the people of Ohio and IFS immediate Vi
cinify. He remarks, however, that "there
is far less variety in the races of the peo-
pie who inhabit the United States than
many have imagined. In fact there is
very little. The Uuited States have been
peopied almost exclusively by English,
Scotch, Irish Hollanders and Germans
Among them are but two real varieties of
race-tbe German (Gotbic) and Celtic
That part of the Irish and Scotch who de-
scended from the ancient inhabitants, are
CeltN, and among the rest there els very
little difference in stock. Our proper IL
lie is Anglo-AmericaD; In other words,
mainly, the European;Gothic stock. The
physical development of man in any one
of the States is very nearly that of the
whole"
The following will show the heights,
weight circumference round the chest, com
plexion, color of the hair and eyes, of 239
native Americans of Athens, Butler, High
land, Montgomery and Washington coun-
ties. The persons were takeu indiscrimi-
nately: The average height per men is
fraction under five feet ten and half inch
es, the circumference of chest 1902. The
completion of l37 was light; 81 were
dark; 100 had light, SO dark hair; 1873
light, rs dark eyes. The average weight
was l69 pounds. Highland county show
ed the tallest and heaviest men. Twenty
bhe were weighed averaged 1s2 pounds.
In Athens 1l9 averaged l54 pounds; AZ
In Butler averaged l6S pounds; 80 in
Montgomery averaged 1861 pounds; and
"a in Washington averaged l76 pounds.
The average height for the State is feet
1856 inches. Mr.. Mansfield however de-
ducts ah inch for boot heels, so as 10 re-
duce the standard TO 5 feer 81 inches,
which he says is the natural height of the
present men in Ohio.
The average height of Belgian men,
given by Quetelet, $500 men measured)
is 5 feet 81 inches. OF 976 recruits in the
British army, in the London District,
1888 s the height was feet 9l0.-
Eleven regiments of Scotch Highlanders
[measarement taken from Johnson's Ma
liona Atlas1 feet 1910 inches.
1t thus appears that The average height
of Ohio men in the above table is four
inches above that of the Belgans, q above
that of the English recruits, and J inches
above that of the ighlanders.
The maximum heights of men in the
above counties, show that there were at
and ADORE six feet in height: