| Hunts | 70 |
| Lincoln | 69 |
| Gloucester | 59 |
| Cumberland | 59 |
| Northumberland | 53 |
| Durham | 52 |
| York | 50 |
| Berks | 46 |
| Somerset | 40 |
| Surrey | 38 |
| Monmouth | 37 |
| Westmorland | 35 |
| Warwick | 34 |
| Wilts | 33 |
| Southampton | 32 |
| Devon | 29 |
| Dorset | 29 |
| Stafford | 29 |
| Hertford | 24 |
| Cambridge | 22 |
| Salop | 21 |
| Leicester | 13 |
| Oxford | 12 |
| Norfolk | 10 |
| Sussex | 9 |
| Derby | 8 |
| Essex | 6 |
| Kent | 5 |
| North Wales | 5 |
| Suffolk | 3 |
| Bedford | 0 |
| Bucks | 0 |
| Nottingham | 0 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| South Wales | 0 |
THE NUMBER OF DISORDERLY HOUSES COMPARED WITH THE NUMBER OF ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS IN EACH COUNTY.
| Percentage above and below the Average. † denotes above. * „ below. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Counties in which the Number of Disorderly Houses and the Number of Illegitimate Children are both above the Average. | In No. of Disorderly Houses. | In No. of Illegitimate Children. |
| Lancaster | †131· | †14 |
| Hereford | † 29· | †49 |
| Chester | † 5· | †32 |
| Counties in which the Number of Disorderly Houses and the Number of Illegitimate Children are both below the Average. | ||
| Rutland | *100· | *16 |
| Kent | * 93· | *19 |
| Essex | * 92· | *10 |
| Cambridge | * 72· | * 1 |
| Dorset | * 63· | * 1 |
| Devon | * 63· | *25 |
| Southampton | * 59· | *10 |
| Warwick | * 57· | *16 |
| Monmouth | * 53· | *26 |
| Surrey | * 51· | *34 |
| Somerset | * 49· | * 6 |
| Durham | * 34· | *10 |
| Gloucester | * 25· | * 4 |
| Lincoln | * 12· | * 1 |
| Hunts | * 11· | *28 |
| Counties in which the Number of Disorderly Houses is above and the Number of Illegitimate Children below the Average. | ||
| Lancaster | †131· | †14 |
| Middlesex | †274· | *40 |
| Cornwall | † 38· | *29 |
| Worcester | † 34· | * 1 |
| Northampton | † 10· | *10 |
| Counties in which the Number of Disorderly Houses is below and the Number of Illegitimate Children above the Average. | ||
| South Wales | *100· | † 7 |
| Nottingham | *100· | †35 |
| Bucks | *100· | † 4 |
| Bedford | *100· | †14 |
| Suffolk | * 96· | †26 |
| North Wales | * 93· | † 6 |
| Derby | * 89· | †20 |
| Sussex | * 88· | † 1 |
| Norfolk | * 87· | †56 |
| Oxford | * 84· | †13 |
| Leicester | * 83· | †17 |
| Salop | * 73· | †47 |
| Hertford | * 69· | † 7 |
| Stafford | * 63· | † 3 |
| Wilts | * 58· | † 3 |
| Westmorland | * 55· | †29 |
| Berks | * 41· | †17 |
| York | * 36· | † 6 |
| Northumberland | * 32· | † 8 |
| Cumberland | * 25· | †61 |
⁂ The rule appears to be, that the number of Disorderly Houses is the least in those Counties where the number of Illegitimate Births is the greatest, and, vice versâ, the greatest where the Illegitimates are the least.
MAP
SHOWING THE NUMBER OF CASES OF
CONCEALING THE BIRTHS OF INFANTS
IN EVERY 10,000 ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS,
IN EACH COUNTY OF
ENGLAND & WALES.
⁂ The counties printed black are those in which the number of cases is above the Average.
The counties left white are those in which the number of cases is below the Average.
The Average is taken for the last ten years.