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For further comparison I give the general position as to stature and cephalic 
index of our criminal classes. 
TABLE 14. 
Stature {Men). 
Number 
Mean, cms. 
Standard 
Deviation, cms. 
Coefficient of 
Variation 
Cambridge Students. . . 
1000 
174-88 
6-46 
3-70 
English Sous* 
1078 
174-40 
6-94 
3-98 
English Fathers* 
1078 
171-95 
6-87 
3-99 
U.S.A. Recriiitst ... 
25878 
170-94 
6-56 
3-84 
N.S. Wales Criminals| 
2862 
169-88 
6-58 
3-80 
Frenchmen § ... 
284 
166-80 
6-47 
3-88 
English Criminals ... 
3000 
166-46 
6-45 
3-88 
Germans§ 
390 
165-93 
6-68 
4-02 
* Calculated from family measurement data, collected by Professor Pearson. 
t Pearson: Phil. Trans., Vol. 18(i, A., p. 386. 
X Powys : Biometrika, Part i. Vol. i. p. 44. 
§ Pearson: The Chances of Death, Vol. i. p. 295. 
TABLE 15. 
Cephalic Index. 
Number 
Mean 
Standard 
Deviation 
Bavarian Peasants* 
100 
83-41 
3-58 
Baden Recruits* 
6748 
81-15 
3-63 
French Peasants* 
56 
79-79 
3-84 
Cambridge Students ... 
1000 
78-33 
2-90 
Criminals 
3000 
77-23 
2-74 
Brahmans of Bengal* . . . 
100 
76-86 
3-65 
Mahomedans of Bengal* 
100 
75-77 
3-37 
Whitechapel English* ... 
107 
74-73 
3-31 
* Professor Pearson's The Chances of Death, Vol. i. p. 290. As his results are based either on skull 
measurements or on "corrected " head measurements, I have used the " corrected " figures of Table 13. 
