THE CONCEALMENT OF THE BIRTHS OF INFANTS AND THE ATTEMPTS TO PROCURE THE MISCARRIAGE OF WOMEN COMPARED.
| Counties in which the Concealment of Births and attempts to procure Miscarriage are both above the Average. | Percentage above and below the Average. † denotes above. * „ below. | Counties in which the Concealment of Births is above the Average, and the attempts to procure Miscarriage below it. | Percentage above and below the Average. † denotes above. * „ below. | |||
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| In No. of Concealment of Births. | In No. of Attempts at Miscarriage | In No. of Concealment of Births. | In No. of Attempts at Miscarriage | |||
| Cornwall | †76·9 | †300·0 | Surrey | †129·5 | *100·0 | |
| Devon | †64·8 | †300·0 | Southampton | †117·7 | *100·0 | |
| Sussex | †41·2 | †500·0 | Monmouth | † 76·9 | *100·0 | |
| Berks | †29·5 | †100·0 | Dorset | † 70·6 | *100·0 | |
| Northampton | †29·5 | †400·0 | Gloucester | † 64·8 | * —— | |
| Leicester | †11·8 | †400·0 | Lincoln | † 64·8 | * —— | |
| The Average for the whole of the above Counties is | †41·1 | †300·0 | Essex | † 53·0 | *100·0 | |
| (The Number of cases of Concealing Births is 24, and of Attempts at Miscarriage 4 in every 10,000 Illegitimate Births.) | Hereford | † 53·0 | *100·0 | |||
| Counties in which the Concealment of Births and Attempts to procure Miscarriage are both below the Average. | Westmorland | † 53·0 | *100·0 | |||
| Rutland | *100·0 | *100·0 | Middlesex | † 47·1 | * 10·0 | |
| Hunts | *100·0 | *100·0 | Worcester | † 47·1 | *100·0 | |
| Oxford | * 82·4 | *100·0 | Durham | † 35·3 | *100·0 | |
| Bedford | * 64·7 | *100·0 | Kent | † 29·5 | *100·0 | |
| Northumb. | * 58·8 | * —— | Suffolk | † 29·5 | * —— | |
| Cumberland | * 52·9 | *100·0 | Somerset | † 11·8 | *100·0 | |
| Lancaster | * 47·1 | * 80·0 | Wilts | † 4·1 | *100·0 | |
| Bucks | * 41·2 | *100·0 | The Average for the whole of the above Counties is | † 53·0 | * 60·0 | |
| North Wales | * 35·3 | *100·0 | (The Number of cases of Concealing Births is 26, and Attempts at Miscarriage 0·4 in every 10,000 Illegitimate Births.) | |||
| York | * 29·4 | * —— | Counties in which the Concealment of Births is below the Average, and the Attempts to procure Miscarriage above it. | |||
| Salop | * 17·6 | *100·0 | Nottingham | * 70·6 | †300·0 | |
| South Wales | * 11·8 | * 20·0 | Derby | * 29·4 | †200·0 | |
| Norfolk | * 11·8 | * 30·0 | Warwick | * 23·5 | †300·0 | |
| Stafford | * —— | * —— | Hertford | * 23·5 | †200·0 | |
| Cambridge | * —— | *100·0 | Chester | * 17·6 | †200·0 | |
| The Average for the whole of the above Counties is | * 29·4 | * 30·0 | The Average for the whole of the above Counties is | * 29·4 | †200·0 | |
| (The Number of cases of Concealing Births is 14, and Attempts at Miscarriage 0·7 in every 10,000 Illegitimate Births.) | (The Number of cases of Concealing Births is 12, and Attempts at Miscarriage 3 in every 10,000 Illegitimate Births.) | |||||