London Labour and the London Poor, Vol. 4

by Henry Mayhew

MAP
SHOWING THE NUMBER OF
PERSONS COMMITTED FOR CARNALLY ABUSING GIRLS
BETWEEN THE AGE OF TEN AND TWELVE YEARS
IN EVERY 10,000,000 OF THE POPULATION,
IN THE SEVERAL COUNTIES OF
ENGLAND AND 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	3	in every	10,000,000 People.
Westmoreland (the highest)	17	„	„

TABLE SHOWING THE CRIMINALITY OF THE DIFFERENT COUNTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES WITH REGARD TO CARNALLY ABUSING GIRLS BETWEEN THE AGE OF 10 AND 12 YEARS.

COUNTIES.	Average Population from 1841-50.	Total number committed for carnally abusing girls between the age of 10 and 12 years.
		1841.	1842.	1843.	1844.	1845.	1846.	1847.
Bedford	121,083	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Berks	194,763	..	..	1	..	..	..	..
Bucks	140,959	..	..	..	..	..	..	2
Cambridge	180,747	..	..	1	..	..	..	..
Chester	395,919	..	..	..	2	..	1	..
Cornwall	349,991	..	..	..	..	1	..	..
Cumberland	186,762	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Derby	250,249	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Devon	554,738	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Dorset	172,736	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Durham	368,787	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Essex	332,363	..	..	..	..	..	1	..
Gloucester	407,504	1	..	..	..	..	..	..
Hereford	97,813	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Hertford	168,178	..	..	..	1	..	..	..
Hunts	57,942	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Kent	585,249	..	..	2	1	1	..	1
Lancaster	1,881,261	..	..	..	..	..	1	..
Leicester	227,621	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lincoln	378,246	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Middlesex	1,740,814	..	1	2	1	4	1	2
Monmouth	164,093	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Norfolk	419,463	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Northampton	206,496	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Northumberland	284,777	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Nottingham	282,584	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Oxford	166,751	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Rutland	23,711	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Salop	243,352	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Somerset	452,515	1	..	..	1	..	..	..
Southampton	377,040	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Stafford	579,686	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Suffolk	325,336	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Surrey	635,917	..	1	..	..	..	..	..
Sussex	320,944	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Warwick	444,558	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Westmorland	57,494	1	..	..	..	..	..	..
Wilts	241,887	..	..	..	1	..	..	..
Worcester	244,574	..	..	..	1	..	1	..
York	1,686,461	1	..	1	..	..	..	..
North Wales	396,161	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
South Wales	568,430	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total for England and Wales	16,918,458	4	2	7	8	6	5	5

			Total for 10 years.	Annual Average.	No. committed annually in every 10,000,000 Persons.	Proportion per Cent. above and below the Aver. † denotes above. * „ below.
1848.	1849.	1850.
..	..	..	..	..	..	†100·0
..	..	..	1	·1	5	†66·7
..	..	..	2	·2	14	†366·7
..	..	..	1	·1	6	†100·0
..	..	..	3	·3	8	†166·7
..	..	..	1	·1	3
..	..	..	..	..	..	†100·0
..	..	..	..	..	..	†100·0
..	..	..	..	..	..	*100·0
..	..	..	..	..	..	*100·0
..	..	..	..	..	..	*100·0
..	..	..	1	·1	3
..	..	1	2	·2	5	†66·7
..	..	..	..	..	..	*100·0
..	..	..	1	·1	6	†100·0
..	..	..	..	..	..	*100·0
3	..	..	8	·8	14	†366·7
1	2	..	4	·4	2	*33·3
..	..	1	1	·1	4	†33·3
..	1	..	1	·1	3
1	2	..	14	1·4	8	†166·7
..	..	..	..	..	..	*100·0
..	..	..	..	..	..	*100·0
1	..	..	1	·1	5	†66·7
..	..	..	..	..	..	*100·0
..	..	..	..	..	..	*100·0
..	..	..	..	..	..	*100·0
..	..	..	..	..	..	*100·0
..	..	..	..	..	..	*100·0
..	1	..	3	·3	7	†133·3
..	1	..	1	·1	3
..	..	..	..	..	..	*100·0
..	..	..	..	..	..	*100·0
1	1	..	3	·3	5	†66·7
..	..	..	..	..	..	*100·0
..	..	..	..	..	..	*100·0
..	..	..	1	·1	17	†466·7
..	..	..	1	·1	4	†33·3
2	..	..	4	·4	16	†433·3
..	..	..	2	·2	1	*66·7
..	..	..	..	..	..	*100·0
..	..	..	..	..	..	*100·0
9	8	2	56	5·6	3