TABLE SHOWING THE CENTESIMAL DEGREES OF INSTRUCTION OF PERSONS OF ALL AGES COMMITTED TO PRISON FROM 1839 TO 1848.
| Years. | Unable to read or write. | Able to read and write imperfectly. | Able to read and write well. | Superior Instruction. | Instruction could not be ascertained. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1839 | 33·53 | 53·48 | 10·07 | 0·32 | 2·60 |
| 1840 | 33·32 | 55·57 | 8·29 | 0·37 | 2·45 |
| 1841 | 33·21 | 56·67 | 7·40 | 0·45 | 2·27 |
| 1842 | 32·35 | 58·32 | 6·77 | 0·22 | 2·34 |
| 1843 | 31·00 | 57·60 | 8·02 | 0·47 | 2·91 |
| 1844 | 29·77 | 59·28 | 8·42 | 0·42 | 2·41 |
| 1845 | 30·61 | 58·34 | 8·38 | 0·37 | 2·30 |
| 1846 | 30·66 | 59·51 | 7·71 | 0·34 | 1·78 |
| 1847 | 31·39 | 58·89 | 7·79 | 0·28 | 1·65 |
| 1848 | 31·93 | 56·38 | 9·83 | 0·27 | 1·59 |
⁂ “The instruction of the offenders,” say the Criminal Returns of 1848, “has been without much variation, exhibiting, on a comparison of the last ten years, a decreased proportion of those entirely uninstructed;” and it may be added a corresponding increase of those who are able to read and write imperfectly.
THE STATE OF EDUCATION AND DENSITY OF THE POPULATION IN THE SEVERAL COUNTIES COMPARED.
| Counties having great Ignorance and great density of Population. | Percentage above and below the Average. | Counties having little Ignorance and great density of Population. | Percentage above and below the Average. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In No. signing register with Marks. | In No. of Persons to 100 Acres. | In No. signing register with Marks. | In No. of Persons to 100 Acres. | ||
| Monmouth | †47 | † 9 | Middlesex | *55 | †2030 |
| Lancaster | †30 | †270 | Surrey | *47 | † 189 |
| Stafford | †30 | † 72 | Kent | *20 | † 28 |
| Worcester | †30 | † 13 | Gloucester | *12 | † 6 |
| Chester | †15 | † 31 | Durham | *10 | † 21 |
| Nottingham | †5 | † 12 | Warwick | * 5 | † 70 |
| Counties having little Ignorance and little density of Population. | Counties having great Ignorance and little density of Population. | ||||
| Cumberland | *37 | *59 | South Wales | †42 | *55 |
| Westmorland | *32 | *75 | Bedford | †40 | *12 |
| Northumb | *30 | *48 | North Wales | †37 | *60 |
| Devon | *20 | *30 | Hertford | †35 | *12 |
| Sussex | *15 | *25 | Essex | †25 | *29 |
| Southampton | *15 | *20 | Bucks | †22 | *37 |
| Dorset | *10 | *43 | Hunts | †22 | *49 |
| Oxford | * 2 | *26 | Rutland | †22 | *49 |
| Lincoln | * 2 | *51 | Salop | †20 | *42 |
| Derby | * 2 | *20 | Suffolk | †20 | *26 |
| Wilts | †20 | *44 | |||
| Norfolk | †15 | *32 | |||
| Cambridge | †12 | *28 | |||
| Cornwall | †12 | *16 | |||
| York | †10 | * 2 | |||
| Northampton | † 7 | *33 | |||
| Berks | † 5 | *15 | |||
| Hereford | † 2 | *63 | |||
| Leicester | † 2 | * 7 | |||
| Somerset | † 2 | *10 | |||
⁂ The rule appears to be, that those counties are the most ignorant in which the population is the least dense.
THE CRIME AND DENSITY OF THE POPULATION OF THE SEVERAL COUNTIES COMPARED.
| Counties having great Crime and great density of Population. | Percentage above and below the Average. | Counties having great Crime and little density of Population. | Percentage above and below the Average. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In Number of Criminals. | In No. of Persons to 100 Acres. | In Number of Criminals. | In No. of Persons to 100 Acres. | ||
| Gloucester | †59·1 | † 6·4 | Hereford | †45·1 | *63·4 |
| Worcester | †52·4 | † 13·3 | Bucks | †24·4 | *37·0 |
| Middlesex | †49·4 | †2030·8 | Somerset | †21·3 | *10·9 |
| Chester | †37·8 | † 31·2 | Essex | †16·4 | *29·6 |
| Warwick | †31·7 | † 70·0 | Wilts | †15·2 | *44·1 |
| Lancaster | †12·8 | † 270·6 | Oxford | † 8·5 | *26·8 |
| Monmouth | † 9·7 | † 9·9 | Southampton | † 7·9 | *20·7 |
| Stafford | † 9·1 | † 72·2 | Hertford | † 6·7 | *12·5 |
| Leicester | † 4·2 | * 7·4 | |||
| Norfolk | † 4·2 | *32·6 | |||
| Counties having little Crime and little density of Population. | Counties having little Crime and great density of Population. | ||||
| Cumberland | *56·7 | *59·6 | Durham | *51·8 | † 21·9 |
| North Wales | *56·1 | *60.4 | Nottingham | *28·0 | † 12·7 |
| Cornwall | *51·2 | *16·3 | Surrey | * ·6 | †189·7 |
| Westmorland | *50·6 | *75·9 | Kent | † 28·0 | |
| Northumb | *50·0 | *48·1 | |||
| South Wales | *48·7 | *55·1 | |||
| Derby | *36·0 | *20·9 | |||
| York | *30·5 | * 2·0 | |||
| Lincoln | *22·0 | *51·7 | |||
| Berks | *21·4 | *15·5 | |||
| Hunts | *14·0 | *49·9 | |||
| Devon | *14·0 | *30·0 | |||
| Rutland | *15·2 | *49·9 | |||
| Northampton | *13·4 | *33·4 | |||
| Cambridge | *10·3 | *28·2 | |||
| Dorset | *10·0 | *43·1 | |||
| Salop | * 9·1 | *42·9 | |||
| Bedford | * 7·3 | *12·3 | |||
| Sussex | * 6·7 | *25·0 | |||
| Suffolk | * 4·2 | *26·6 | |||
⁂ The rule appears to be, that those counties are the least criminal in which the population is the least dense.
N.B. The † prefixed to a number denotes that it is above, the * that it is below the average by the percentage which it expresses.