4 A Studjj in Criminal Anthropometry 
TABLE A. Mean Temperatures of Various Classes. 
Class 
No. of Temperatures 
Mcau Temperatures 
"Weak Heart" (VII) 
20 
98-585 ± -068 
Weak-minded 
191 
98-547 ± -022 
Epilepsy (VI) 
27 
98-537 ± .059 
Cardio-vascular changes (V) 
36 
98-408 ± -050 
Normally Healthy Criminals 
601 
98-383 ± -013 
Whole Population 
927 
98-373 ± -Oil 
Chronic Bronchitis. Asthma (11) 
51 
98-353 ± -043 
Kidney changes (VIII) 
14 
98-350 ± -082 
Syphilis (I) 
97 
98-342 ± -031 
Organic Heart Disease (III) 
32 
98-278 ± -054 
Chronic Tubercular Disease (IV) 
22 
98-241 ± -065 
Other pathological conditions (IX) 
27 
98-170 ± -059 
Now it must be at once admitted that many of the series here are so small, 
that we cannot say that the temperature differences, still less the general tempera- 
ture order, are significant, but certain differences do appear significant. For 
example, the weak-minded do appear to have a significantly higher average 
temperature than normally healthy criminals. The difference, 
weak-minded — normally healthy = -164 ± -026, 
is clearly significant numerically, but this does not show that the higher temperature 
is inherent in the weak-mindedness. We have already seen that of the weak- 
minded 27 % were suffering from one form or another of disorder, while we are 
comparing them against a normally healthy criminal population. The only groups, 
however, that could tend to raise the temperature of the weak-minded are V, 
VI and VII. To these groups the weak-minded contribute 
V. Cardio-vascular degenerative changes : 4 temperatures. 
VI. Epilepsy: 16 
VII. "Weak Heart": 0 „ 
These 20 temperatures have therefore been removed and we find: 
Mean temperature of weak-minded = 98-541 ± -021. 
Thus the removal of the epileptic has only lowered very slightly the temperature 
of the weak-minded group. That has indeed 8-4 % of the temperatures of the 
epileptic as against only 1-2 % in the group of normal-minded criminals*, but 
the difference of temperature is only in the very smallest degree due to this excess 
of epilepsy. One point, however, of some apparent importance had it been based 
on more numerous data was observed, namely, that the 18 temperatures of the 
weak-minded who were suffering from syphilis, apparently inactive at the time 
of observation, gave a high mean, i.e. 98-683, as against the fact that the general 
* Reolvoued on individuals, not on temperatures observed, the percentages are 9-0 % and 1-5 % 
respectively. 
