1. This is a composite paper by three persons, DN Majumdar, a trained anthro pologist, and
two statisticians. Certain portions of the paper would be primarily of interest to�…

Bengal Anthropometric Survey, 1945: A Statistical Study Page 1 SANKHY? THE INDIAN
JOURNAL OF STATISTICS Edited by : PC MAHALANOBIS Vol. 19, Parts 3 & 4 June 1958�…

In presenting this study, which has been written by Mr. HH Wolfenden at the request of the
present committee, it is proper to record the appreciation of the committee for the work done�…

THIS Volume concludes the Statistical Account of Bengal. In sending forth a work which has
occupied the last seven years of my life, I have a painful consciousness of its shortcomings�…

In the year 1871-72 the first approach was made to the taking of a general Census census
for the whole of India at a given date. Enumerations of the people had taken in already been�…

I shall first consider the material I have had at my disposal; I shall then indicate the methods I
have used for the determination of its metrical constants, and finally apply my results to the�…