From John Beddoe   13 September 1869

Clifton,

Septr 13 ’69

Dear Sir

Enclosed is the last instalment of my data respecting conjugal selection—1 The dark shades do in this case predominate in the married women; but the numbers of the single are so small that I fear nothing can be made of them—

Believe me | Yours faithfully | John Beddoe

[Enclosure]

In- & Out-patients British Infirmary2
Women between 35 & 45
Single Married
Red Fair Brown Dark Black Red Fair Brown Dark Black
1 3 3 7.5 2.5 9 12.5 39 6812 6
Women between 45 & 50
1.5 .5 6 3 1 5.5 12.5 49 8512 1112
Total
2.5 3.5 9 10.5 3.5 14.5 25 88 154 17.5
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29 299

CD annotations

Top of letter: ‘I must give up whole case.—’ blue crayon
Beddoe had last supplied CD with data in his letter of 21 August 1869.
Beddoe was physician to the Bristol Royal Infirmary.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-6888,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-6888