| Sussex | 6 |
| Leicester | 5 |
| Northampton | 5 |
| Devon | 4 |
| Nottingham | 4 |
| Warwick | 4 |
| Cornwall | 4 |
| Chester | 3 |
| Derby | 3 |
| Hertford | 3 |
| Berks | 2 |
Counties below the Average.
| York | 1 |
| Stafford | 1 |
| Gloucester | 1 |
| Lincoln | 1 |
| Northumb. | 1 |
| Suffolk | 1 |
| Middlesex | 0·9 |
| S. Wales | 0·8 |
| Norfolk | 0·7 |
| Lancaster | 0·2 |
| Bedford | 0 |
| Bucks | 0 |
| Cambridge | 0 |
| Cumberland | 0 |
| Dorset | 0 |
| Durham | 0 |
| Essex | 0 |
| Hereford | 0 |
| Hunts | 0 |
| Kent | 0 |
| Monmouth | 0 |
| Oxford | 0 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Salop | 0 |
| Somerset | 0 |
| Southamp. | 0 |
| Surrey | 0 |
| Westmor. | 0 |
| Wilts | 0 |
| Worcester | 0 |
| N. Wales | 0 |
| Average for England and Wales | 1 |
THE CONCEALMENT OF THE BIRTHS OF INFANTS AND THE ATTEMPTS TO PROCURE THE MISCARRIAGE OF WOMEN COMPARED.
| Counties in which the Concealment of Births and attempts to procure Miscarriage are both above the Average. | Percentage above and below the Average. † denotes above. * „ below. | Counties in which the Concealment of Births is above the Average, and the attempts to procure Miscarriage below it. | Percentage above and below the Average. † denotes above. * „ below. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In No. of Concealment of Births. | In No. of Attempts at Miscarriage | In No. of Concealment of Births. | In No. of Attempts at Miscarriage | |||
| Cornwall | †76·9 | †300·0 | Surrey | †129·5 | *100·0 | |
| Devon | †64·8 | †300·0 | Southampton | †117·7 | *100·0 | |
| Sussex | †41·2 | †500·0 | Monmouth | † 76·9 | *100·0 | |
| Berks | †29·5 | †100·0 | Dorset | † 70·6 | *100·0 | |
| Northampton | †29·5 | †400·0 | Gloucester | † 64·8 | * —— | |
| Leicester | †11·8 | †400·0 | Lincoln | † 64·8 | * —— | |
| The Average for the whole of the above Counties is | †41·1 | †300·0 | Essex | † 53·0 | *100·0 | |
| (The Number of cases of Concealing Births is 24, and of Attempts at Miscarriage 4 in every 10,000 Illegitimate Births.) | Hereford | † 53·0 | *100·0 | |||
| Counties in which the Concealment of Births and Attempts to procure Miscarriage are both below the Average. | Westmorland | † 53·0 | *100·0 | |||
| Rutland | *100·0 | *100·0 | Middlesex | † 47·1 | * 10·0 | |
| Hunts | *100·0 | *100·0 | Worcester | † 47·1 | *100·0 | |
| Oxford | * 82·4 | *100·0 | Durham | † 35·3 | *100·0 | |
| Bedford | * 64·7 | *100·0 | Kent | † 29·5 | *100·0 | |
| Northumb. | * 58·8 | * —— | Suffolk | † 29·5 | * —— | |
| Cumberland | * 52·9 | *100·0 | Somerset | † 11·8 | *100·0 | |
| Lancaster | * 47·1 | * 80·0 | Wilts | † 4·1 | *100·0 | |
| Bucks | * 41·2 | *100·0 | The Average for the whole of the above Counties is | † 53·0 | * 60·0 | |
| North Wales | * 35·3 | *100·0 | (The Number of cases of Concealing Births is 26, and Attempts at Miscarriage 0·4 in every 10,000 Illegitimate Births.) | |||
| York | * 29·4 | * —— | Counties in which the Concealment of Births is below the Average, and the Attempts to procure Miscarriage above it. | |||
| Salop | * 17·6 | *100·0 | Nottingham | * 70·6 | †300·0 | |
| South Wales | * 11·8 | * 20·0 | Derby | * 29·4 | †200·0 | |
| Norfolk | * 11·8 | * 30·0 | Warwick | * 23·5 | †300·0 | |
| Stafford | * —— | * —— | Hertford | * 23·5 | †200·0 | |
| Cambridge | * —— | *100·0 | Chester | * 17·6 | †200·0 | |
| The Average for the whole of the above Counties is | * 29·4 | * 30·0 | The Average for the whole of the above Counties is | * 29·4 | †200·0 | |
| (The Number of cases of Concealing Births is 14, and Attempts at Miscarriage 0·7 in every 10,000 Illegitimate Births.) | (The Number of cases of Concealing Births is 12, and Attempts at Miscarriage 3 in every 10,000 Illegitimate Births.) | |||||
THE ATTEMPTS TO PROCURE THE MISCARRIAGE OF WOMEN AND ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS COMPARED.
| Counties in which the Number of cases of Attempts at Miscarriage and Number of Illegitimate Births are both above the Average. | Percentage above and below the Average. † denotes above. * „ below. | Counties in which the cases of Attempts at Miscarriage are above the Average and the Number of Illegitimate Births below it. | Percentage above and below the Average. † denotes above. * „ below. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In No. of Attempts at Miscarriage | In No. of Illegitimate Births. | In No. of Attempts at Miscarriage | In No. of Illegitimate Births. | ||
| Sussex | †500·0 | † 1·5 | Northampton | †400·0 | *10·4 |
| Leicester | †400·0 | †17·9 | Devon | †300·0 | *25·3 |
| Nottingham | †300·0 | †35·8 | Warwick | †300·0 | *16·4 |
| Chester | †200·0 | †32·8 | Cornwall | †300·0 | *29·8 |
| Derby | †200·0 | †20·9 | The Average for the whole of the above Counties is | †300·0 | *20·9 |
| Hertford | †200·0 | † 7·4 | (The Number of cases of Attempts at Miscarriage is 4 in every 10,000 Illegitimate Births, and Number of Illegitimate Births 53 in every 1000 Births.) | ||
| Berks | †100·0 | †17·9 | |||
| The Average for the whole of the above Counties is | †300·0 | †20·9 | |||
| The number of cases of Attempts at Miscarriage is 4 in 10,000 Illegitimate Births, and Number of Illegitimate Births 81 in every 1000 Births.) | Counties in which the cases of Attempts at Miscarriage are below the Average and the Number of Illegitimate Births above it. | ||||
| Counties in which the cases of Attempts at Miscarriage and Number of Illegitimate Births are both below the Average. | Bedford | *100·0 | †14·9 | ||
| Cambridge | *100·0 | * 1·5 | Bucks | *100·0 | † 4·4 |
| Dorset | *100·0 | * 1·5 | Cumberland | *100·0 | †61·2 |
| Durham | *100·0 | *10·4 | Hereford | *100·0 | †49·2 |
| Essex | *100·0 | *10·4 | Oxford | *100·0 | †13·4 |
| Hunts | *100·0 | *28·3 | Salop | *100·0 | †47·7 |
| Kent | *100·0 | *19·4 | Westmorland | *100·0 | †29·8 |
| Monmouth | *100·0 | *26·8 | Wilts | *100·0 | † 3·0 |
| Rutland | *100·0 | *16·4 | North Wales | *100·0 | †16·4 |
| Somerset | *100·0 | * 6·0 | Lancaster | * 80·0 | †14·9 |
| Southampton | *100·0 | *10·4 | Norfolk | * 30·0 | †56·7 |
| Surrey | *100·0 | *34·3 | South Wales | * 20·0 | † 7·4 |
| Worcester | *100·0 | * 1·5 | Suffolk | * —— | †26·8 |
| Middlesex | * 10·0 | *40·3 | Northumb. | * —— | † 8·9 |
| Lincoln | * —— | * 1·5 | Stafford | * —— | † 3·0 |
| Gloucester | * —— | * 4·5 | York | * —— | † 6·0 |
| The Average for the whole of the above Counties is | * 60·0 | * 19·4 | The Average for the whole of the above Counties is | * 40·0 | †16·4 |
| (The Number of cases of Attempts at Miscarriage is ·4 in every 10,000 Illegitimate Births, and Number of Illegitimate Births 54 in every 1000 Births.) | (The Number of cases of Attempts at Miscarriage is ·6 in every 10,000 Illegitimate Births, and Number of Illegitimate Births 78 in every 1000 Births.) | ||||
