THE CRIME OF CARNALLY ABUSING CHILDREN COMPARED WITH THE NUMBER OF FEMALES TO MALES IN EACH COUNTY.
| Counties in which the Carnal Abuse of Children and the Number of Females to Males are both above the Average. | Percentage above and below the Average. † denotes above. * „ below. | Counties in which the Carnal Abuse of Children is above, and the Number of Females to Males below the Average. | Percentage above and below the Average. † denotes above. * „ below. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In No. of Cases of Carnal Abuse. | In No. of Females to Males. | In No. of Cases of Carnal Abuse. | In No. of Females to Males. | ||
| Middlesex | †166·7 | †8·6 | Westmorland | †466·6 | *3·8 |
| Somerset | †133·3 | †5·7 | Worcester | †433·3 | *1·0 |
| Gloucester | † 66·7 | †6·7 | Bucks | †366·7 | *1·9 |
| Surrey | † 66·7 | †5·7 | Kent | †366·7 | *3·8 |
| Counties in which the Carnal Abuse of Children and the No. of Females to Males are both below the Average. | Cambridge | †100·0 | *3·8 | ||
| Chester | †166·7 | * | |||
| Hertford | †100·0 | *2·9 | |||
| Berks | † 66·7 | *3·8 | |||
| South Wales | *100·0 | * 2·9 | Northampton | † 66·7 | *3·8 |
| North Wales | *100·0 | * 2·9 | Leicester | † 33·3 | *1·0 |
| Warwick | *100·0 | * 1·0 | Wilts | † 33·3 | *1·9 |
| Sussex | *100·0 | * 1·9 | Counties in which the Carnal Abuse of Children is below and the No. of Females to Males above the Average. | ||
| Suffolk | *100·0 | * 1·9 | |||
| Stafford | *100·0 | * 7·6 | |||
| Salop | *100·0 | * 3·8 | |||
| Rutland | *100·0 | * 6·7 | Norfolk | *100·0 | †1·0 |
| Oxford | *100·0 | * 5·7 | Dorset | *100·0 | †1·9 |
| Nottingham | *100·0 | * 1·0 | Devon | *100·0 | †5·7 |
| Northumb. | *100·0 | * 1·9 | Bedford | *100·0 | †2·9 |
| Monmouth | *100·0 | *12·4 | Cornwall | * | †1·9 |
| Hunts | *100·0 | * 3·8 | |||
| Hereford | *100·0 | * 5·7 | |||
| Durham | *100·0 | * 5·7 | |||
| Derby | *100·0 | * 3·8 | |||
| Cumberland | *100·0 | * 1·9 | ⁂ The rule appears to be, that the crime of Carnally Abusing is (generally speaking) the greatest in those Counties where the number of Females is the least. | ||
| York | * 66·7 | * 2·9 | |||
| Lancaster | * 33·3 | * | |||
| Southampton | * | * 3·8 | |||
| Lincoln | * | * 5·7 | |||
| Essex | * | * 4·8 | |||
MAP
SHOWING THE NUMBER OF
PERSONS COMMITTED FOR KEEPING DISORDERLY HOUSES
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 of persons committed for keeping disorderly houses is above the Average.
The counties left white are those in which the number of persons committed for keeping disorderly houses is below the Average.
The Average is calculated for 10 years.
The counties having no number affixed to them are those in which there have been no committals for the above offence during the last 10 years.
| The Average for | England and Wales is | 79 | in every 10,000,000 | of the Population. |
| „ | Middlesex (the highest) is | 296 | „ | „ |