A Serological Proof of Ethnological Identity of the Hindus and the Mohammedans of Assam

ttT* ? Dibrugarh /t Comments by H. P. CHAUDHURI, m.b., d.p.h. (bond.), d.t.m.&h. (Lond.), f.u.s.s. (Lond), d.o m.s. (Lond.), Honorary Research Worker, All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, CalcuttaJ Recently I had an opportunity Thesc'inthe blood groups of 2,000 persons. IMS eluded men of all castes and creeds, both sick and healthy; among them were 1,565 Hindus and 355 Mohammedans. The table below shows their distribution according to their blood groups. It will be seen that there is some difference among the percentages of the various groups, and the question arises whether the difference is of any significance. Pearson (1911) shows that if we let the population from which the two samples, if undifferentiated, are supposed to be drawn be given by the class frequencies