THE ATTEMPTS TO PROCURE THE MISCARRIAGE OF WOMEN AND ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS COMPARED.
| Counties in which the Number of cases of Attempts at Miscarriage and Number of Illegitimate Births are both above the Average. | Percentage above and below the Average. † denotes above. * „ below. | Counties in which the cases of Attempts at Miscarriage are above the Average and the Number of Illegitimate Births below it. | Percentage above and below the Average. † denotes above. * „ below. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In No. of Attempts at Miscarriage | In No. of Illegitimate Births. | In No. of Attempts at Miscarriage | In No. of Illegitimate Births. | ||
| Sussex | †500·0 | † 1·5 | Northampton | †400·0 | *10·4 |
| Leicester | †400·0 | †17·9 | Devon | †300·0 | *25·3 |
| Nottingham | †300·0 | †35·8 | Warwick | †300·0 | *16·4 |
| Chester | †200·0 | †32·8 | Cornwall | †300·0 | *29·8 |
| Derby | †200·0 | †20·9 | The Average for the whole of the above Counties is | †300·0 | *20·9 |
| Hertford | †200·0 | † 7·4 | (The Number of cases of Attempts at Miscarriage is 4 in every 10,000 Illegitimate Births, and Number of Illegitimate Births 53 in every 1000 Births.) | ||
| Berks | †100·0 | †17·9 | |||
| The Average for the whole of the above Counties is | †300·0 | †20·9 | |||
| The number of cases of Attempts at Miscarriage is 4 in 10,000 Illegitimate Births, and Number of Illegitimate Births 81 in every 1000 Births.) | Counties in which the cases of Attempts at Miscarriage are below the Average and the Number of Illegitimate Births above it. | ||||
| Counties in which the cases of Attempts at Miscarriage and Number of Illegitimate Births are both below the Average. | Bedford | *100·0 | †14·9 | ||
| Cambridge | *100·0 | * 1·5 | Bucks | *100·0 | † 4·4 |
| Dorset | *100·0 | * 1·5 | Cumberland | *100·0 | †61·2 |
| Durham | *100·0 | *10·4 | Hereford | *100·0 | †49·2 |
| Essex | *100·0 | *10·4 | Oxford | *100·0 | †13·4 |
| Hunts | *100·0 | *28·3 | Salop | *100·0 | †47·7 |
| Kent | *100·0 | *19·4 | Westmorland | *100·0 | †29·8 |
| Monmouth | *100·0 | *26·8 | Wilts | *100·0 | † 3·0 |
| Rutland | *100·0 | *16·4 | North Wales | *100·0 | †16·4 |
| Somerset | *100·0 | * 6·0 | Lancaster | * 80·0 | †14·9 |
| Southampton | *100·0 | *10·4 | Norfolk | * 30·0 | †56·7 |
| Surrey | *100·0 | *34·3 | South Wales | * 20·0 | † 7·4 |
| Worcester | *100·0 | * 1·5 | Suffolk | * —— | †26·8 |
| Middlesex | * 10·0 | *40·3 | Northumb. | * —— | † 8·9 |
| Lincoln | * —— | * 1·5 | Stafford | * —— | † 3·0 |
| Gloucester | * —— | * 4·5 | York | * —— | † 6·0 |
| The Average for the whole of the above Counties is | * 60·0 | * 19·4 | The Average for the whole of the above Counties is | * 40·0 | †16·4 |
| (The Number of cases of Attempts at Miscarriage is ·4 in every 10,000 Illegitimate Births, and Number of Illegitimate Births 54 in every 1000 Births.) | (The Number of cases of Attempts at Miscarriage is ·6 in every 10,000 Illegitimate Births, and Number of Illegitimate Births 78 in every 1000 Births.) | ||||
MAP
SHOWING THE NUMBER OF PERSONS COMMITTED FOR
ASSAULTS, WITH INTENT TO RAVISH AND CARNALLY ABUSE,
IN EVERY 1,000,000 OF THE POPULATION,
IN THE SEVERAL COUNTIES OF
ENGLAND & WALES.
⁂ The counties printed black are those in which the number committed for this offence is above the Average.
The counties left white are those in which the number committed for the same offence is below the Average.
The Average has been calculated for the ten years, from 1841 to 1850.
| The Average | for | all England and Wales is | 83 | in every 1,000,000 | people. |
| „ | „ | Worcester (the highest) | 139 | „ | „ |
| „ | „ | South Wales (the lowest) | 33 | „ | „ |