Physical Measurements of Mexican Children in American Schools

Abstract

American schools. The problem arises in the practical situation in which one wishes to interpret measurements of Mexican children by reference to commonly used tables like the Baldwin-Wood height-age-weight tables. A priori one questions whether these tables are well adapted to use with children of a racial group and a geographical location different from that on which they were based. There are two main elements in the racial derivation of Mexican children -white (largely Spanish) and Indian. But this mixture is by no means homogeneous throughout the population. On the contrary, individuals vary all the way from pure white to pure Indian. It would be of considerable