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.
| Surrey | 39 |
| Southampton | 37 |
| Cornwall | 30 |
| Monmouth | 30 |
| Dorset | 29 |
| Devon | 28 |
| Gloucester | 28 |
| Lincoln | 28 |
| Essex | 26 |
| Hereford | 26 |
| Westmorland | 26 |
| Middlesex | 25 |
| Worcester | 25 |
| Sussex | 24 |
| Durham | 23 |
| Berks | 22 |
| Kent | 22 |
| Northampton | 22 |
| Suffolk | 22 |
| Leicester | 19 |
| Somerset | 19 |
| Wilts | 18 |
Counties below the Average.
| Cambridge | 17 |
| Stafford | 17 |
| Norfolk | 15 |
| South Wales | 15 |
| Chester | 14 |
| Salop | 14 |
| Hertford | 13 |
| Warwick | 13 |
| Derby | 12 |
| York | 12 |
| North Wales | 11 |
| Bucks | 10 |
| Lancaster | 9 |
| Cumberland | 8 |
| Northumberland | 7 |
| Bedford | 6 |
| Nottingham | 5 |
| Oxford | 3 |
| Hunts | O |
| Rutland | O |
| Average for England and Wales | 17 |