Counties below the Average.
| Cambridge | 17 |
| Stafford | 17 |
| Norfolk | 15 |
| South Wales | 15 |
| Chester | 14 |
| Salop | 14 |
| Hertford | 13 |
| Warwick | 13 |
| Derby | 12 |
| York | 12 |
| North Wales | 11 |
| Bucks | 10 |
| Lancaster | 9 |
| Cumberland | 8 |
| Northumberland | 7 |
| Bedford | 6 |
| Nottingham | 5 |
| Oxford | 3 |
| Hunts | O |
| Rutland | O |
| Average for England and Wales | 17 |
THE ATTEMPTS AT CONCEALING THE BIRTHS OF INFANTS AND ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS COMPARED.
| Counties in which the Number of cases of Concealing Births and Number of Illegitimate Births are both above the Average. | Percentage above and below the Average. † denotes above. * „ below. | |
|---|---|---|
| In No. of Cases of Concealing Births. | In No. of Illegitimate Births. | |
| Hereford | †53·0 | †49·2 |
| Westmorland | †53·0 | †29·8 |
| Sussex | †41·2 | † 1·5 |
| Berks | †29·5 | †17·9 |
| Suffolk | †29·5 | †26·8 |
| Leicester | †11·8 | †17·9 |
| Wilts | † 4·1 | † 3·0 |
| The Average for the whole of the above Counties is | †29·4 | †131·4 |
| (The Number of cases of Concealing Births is 22 in every 10,000 Illegitimate Births, and the Number of Illegitimate Births 88 in every 1000 Births.) | ||
| Counties in which the No. of cases of Concealing Births and No. of Illegitimate Births are both below the Average. | ||
| Rutland | * —— | * 1·5 |
| Hunts | * 23·5 | *16·5 |
| Warwick | *100·0 | *28·3 |
| Cambridge | *100·0 | *16·4 |
| The Average for the whole of the above Counties is | * 23·5 | *13·4 |
| (The Number of cases of Concealing Births is 13 in every 10,000 Illegitimate Births, and the Number of Illegitimate Births 58 in every 1000 Births.) | ||
| Counties in which the Number of cases of Concealing Births is above the Average and the Number of Illegitimate Births below it. | ||
| Surrey | †129·5 | *34·3 |
| Southampton | †117·7 | *10·4 |
| Cornwall | † 76·9 | *29·8 |
| Monmouth | † 76·9 | *26·8 |
| Dorset | † 70·6 | * 1·5 |
| Devon | † 64·8 | *25·3 |
| Gloucester | † 64·8 | * 4·5 |
| Lincoln | † 64·8 | * 1·5 |
| Essex | † 53·0 | *10·4 |
| Middlesex | † 47·1 | *40·3 |
| Worcester | † 47·1 | * 1·5 |
| Durham | † 35·3 | *10·4 |
| Kent | † 29·5 | *19·4 |
| Northampton | † 29·5 | *10·4 |
| Somerset | † 11·8 | * 6·0 |
| The Average for the above Counties is | † 58·9 | *20·9 |
| (The Number of cases of Concealing Births is 27 in every 10,000 Illegitimate Births, and the Number of Illegitimate Births 53 in every 1000 Births.) | ||
| Counties in which the No. of cases of Concealing Births is below the Average and the No. of Illegitimate Births above it. | ||
| Oxford | *82·4 | †13·4 |
| Nottingham | *70·6 | †35·8 |
| Bedford | *64·7 | †14·9 |
| Northumberland | *58·8 | † 8·9 |
| Cumberland | *52·9 | †61·2 |
| Lancaster | *47·1 | †14·9 |
| Bucks | *29·5 | † 4·4 |
| North Wales | *35·3 | †16·4 |
| York | *29·4 | † 6·0 |
| Derby | *29·4 | †20·9 |
| Hertford | *23·5 | † 7·4 |
| Salop | *17·6 | †47·7 |
| Chester | *17·6 | †32·8 |
| South Wales | *11·8 | † 7·4 |
| Norfolk | *11·8 | †56·7 |
| Stafford | *—— | † 3·0 |
| The Average for the whole of the above Counties is | *29·4 | †17·9 |
| (The Number of cases of Concealing Births is 12 in every 10,000 Illegitimate Births, and the Number of Illegitimate Births 79 in every 1000 Births.) | ||
MAP
SHOWING THE NUMBER OF PROVED CASES OF
ATTEMPTING TO PROCURE THE MISCARRIAGE OF WOMEN
IN EVERY 10,000 ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS,
IN THE SEVERAL COUNTIES OF
ENGLAND AND WALES.
⁂ The counties printed black are those in which the cases are above the Average.
The counties left white are those in which the number of cases is below the Average.