LIST OF COUNTIES, IN THE ORDER OF THEIR CRIMINALITY WITH REGARD TO THE CONCEALMENT OF THE BIRTHS OF INFANTS, AS SHOWN BY THE NUMBER COMMITTED FOR THIS OFFENCE IN EVERY 10,000 ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS.

Counties above the Average.

Surrey39
Southampton37
Cornwall30
Monmouth30
Dorset29
Devon28
Gloucester28
Lincoln28
Essex26
Hereford26
Westmorland26
Middlesex25
Worcester25
Sussex24
Durham23
Berks22
Kent22
Northampton22
Suffolk22
Leicester19
Somerset19
Wilts18

Counties below the Average.

Cambridge17
Stafford17
Norfolk15
South Wales15
Chester14
Salop14
Hertford13
Warwick13
Derby12
York12
North Wales11
Bucks10
Lancaster9
Cumberland8
Northumberland7
Bedford6
Nottingham5
Oxford3
HuntsO
RutlandO
Average for England and Wales17