LIST OF COUNTIES IN THE ORDER OF THEIR ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS, AS SHOWN BY THE NUMBER OF ILLEGITIMATES IN EVERY 1000 CHILDREN BORN. - London Labour and the London Poor, Vol. 4 - 134 - Henry Mayhew

A TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS IN ENGLAND AND WALES IN THE UNDERMENTIONED YEARS.THE EARLY MARRIAGES AND THE INCREASE OF THE POPULATION IN EACH COUNTY COMPARED.

LIST OF COUNTIES IN THE ORDER OF THEIR ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS, AS SHOWN BY THE NUMBER OF ILLEGITIMATES IN EVERY 1000 CHILDREN BORN.

Counties above the Average.

Cumberland	108
Norfolk	105
Hereford	100
Salop	99
Nottingham	91
Chester	89
Westmorland	87
Suffolk	85
Derby	81
Berks	79
Leicester	79
North Wales	78
Lancaster	77
Bedford	77
Oxford	76
Northumberland	73
Hertford	72
South Wales	72
York	71
Bucks	70
Wilts	69
Stafford	69
Sussex	68

Counties below the Average.

Cambridge	66
Dorset	66
Lincoln	66
Worcester	66
Gloucester	64
Somerset	63
Southampton	60
Northampton	60
Essex	60
Durham	60
Warwick	56
Rutland	56
Kent	54
Devon	50
Monmouth	49
Hunts	48
Cornwall	47
Surrey	44
Middlesex	40
Average for England and Wales	67