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| | Illegitimate | Proportion | Illegitimate |
| Year.| Births. | to 1000 of | Births in |
| | | population. | 1000 Births. |
+------+--------------+-------------+--------------+
| 1860 | 43,693 | 2.2 | 64 |
| 1865 | 46,585 | 2.2 | 62 |
| 1870 | 44,737 | 2.0 | 56 |
| 1875 | 40,813 | 1.7 | 48 |
| 1880 | 42,542 | 1.6 | 48 |
| 1885 | 42,793 | 1.6 | 48 |
| 1890 | 38,412 | 1.3 | 44 |
| 1895 | 38,836 | 1.3 | 42 |
| 1900 | 36,814 | 1.1 | 40 |
| 1905 | 37,515 | 1.1 | 40 |
| 1907 | 36,189 | 1.0 | 39 |
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The corrected rate bears out the result shown in Table III as follows:
TABLE IV.--_England and Wales. Illegitimate Birth-rate calculated on
the Unmarried and Widowed Female Population, aged 15-45 years._
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| | | Compared with |
| | Rate per 1000. | rate in 1876-1880, |
| | | taken as 100. |
+-----------+----------------+--------------------+
| 1876-1880 | 14.4 | 100.0 |
| 1881-1885 | 13.5 | 93.8 |
| 1886-1890 | 11.8 | 81.9 |
| 1891-1895 | 10.1 | 70.1 |
| 1896-1900 | 9.2 | 63.9 |
| 1901-1905 | 8.4 | 58.3 |
| 1906 | 8.1 | 56.3 |
| 1907 | 7.8 | 54.2 |
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