+----------------+------------+-------+
| | Ten years | 1907. |
| | 1897-1906. | |
+----------------+------------+-------+
| Bedford | 49 | 53 |
| Berks | 47 | 48 |
| Bucks | 40 | 44 |
| Cambridge | 48 | 53 |
| Chester | 41 | 39 |
| Cornwall | 50 | 48 |
| Cumberland | 61 | 58 |
| Derby | 41 | 41 |
| Devon | 39 | 39 |
| Dorset | 40 | 37 |
| Durham | 34 | 37 |
| Essex | 28 | 27 |
| Gloucester | 36 | 36 |
| Hants | 40 | 36 |
| Hereford | 66 | 66 |
| Hertford | 40 | 42 |
| Huntingdon | 49 | 46 |
| Kent | 40 | 41 |
| Lancashire | 38 | 37 |
| Leicestershire | 40 | 39 |
| Lincolnshire | 55 | 54 |
| London | 37 | 38 |
| Middlesex | 30 | 28 |
| Monmouth | 29 | 27 |
| Norfolk | 62 | 65 |
| Northampton | 41 | 42 |
| Northumberland | 39 | 38 |
| Nottingham | 50 | 49 |
| Oxford | 53 | 56 |
| Rutland | 46 | 70 |
| Shropshire | 64 | 61 |
| Somerset | 37 | 35 |
| Stafford | 40 | 38 |
| Suffolk | 56 | 62 |
| Surrey | 38 | 37 |
| Sussex | 52 | 52 |
| Warwick | 32 | 30 |
| Westmorland | 61 | 62 |
| Wilts | 41 | 42 |
| Worcester | 37 | 38 |
| Yorks-- | | |
| E. Riding | 52 | 49 |
| N. " | 53 | 45 |
| W. " | 43 | 41 |
| | | |
| Anglesey | 81 | 75 |
| Brecon | 44 | 40 |
| Cardigan | 64 | 61 |
| Carmarthen | 37 | 41 |
| Carnarvon | 60 | 72 |
| Denbigh | 49 | 47 |
| Flint | 42 | 42 |
| Glamorgan | 26 | 26 |
| Merioneth | 71 | 77 |
| Montgomery | 76 | 73 |
| Pembroke | 52 | 47 |
| Radnor | 66 | 67 |
+----------------+------------+-------+
TABLE VI.--_Annual Illegitimate Birth-rates in each Registration
County of England and Wales, 1970-1907._
+---------------+-----------------------------------------+--------------+
| | Illegitimate Births to 1000 Unmarried | Decrease per |
| | and Widowed Females aged 15-45 years. | cent in each |
| Registration +-----------------------------+-----------+ County |
| Counties. | Three-year Periods. | Years. | between |
| +-----------------------------+-----------+ the period |
| |1870-|1880-|1890-|1900-|1903-|1906.|1907.| 1870-1872 |
| |1872.|1882.|1892.|1902.|1905.| | | and 1907. |
+---------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--------------+
| England | | | | | | | | |
| and Wales |17.0 |14.1 |10.5 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 54.1 |
| London |10.3 | 9.8 | 8.1 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 37.9 |
| Bedford |21.1 |18.0 |11.2 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 58.8 |
| Berks |16.8 |13.4 |10.3 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 50.0 |
| Bucks |19.0 |16.5 |12.6 | 9.1 | 8.9 | 7.3 | 8.8 | 53.7 |
| Cambridge |19.3 |15.6 |12.4 | 9.6 |10.1 | 9.7 |10.4 | 46.1 |
| Chester |17.5 |14.2 |10.3 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 60.6 |
| Cornwall |16.5 |14.8 |11.2 | 8.6 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 54.5 |
| Cumberland |29.2 |23.9 |18.6 |12.3 |12.3 |12.3 |11.0 | 62.3 |
| Derby |22.5 |17.7 |12.8 |10.0 |10.0 |10.0 | 9.4 | 58.2 |
| Devon |14.0 |10.6 | 8.1 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 6.1 | 56.4 |
| Dorset |14.2 |13.1 | 9.6 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 8.1 | 6.4 | 54.9 |
| Durham |24.0 |18.0 |13.8 |11.1 |11.1 |10.8 |11.6 | 51.7 |
| Essex |16.2 |12.7 | 9.1 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 60.5 |
| Gloucester |12.9 |11.6 | 8.2 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 6.8 | 5.8 | 55.0 |
| Hants |13.6 |11.8 | 8.5 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 6.4 | 52.9 |
| Hereford |21.4 |19.0 |13.4 |11.2 |11.5 |10.3 |11.0 | 48.6 |
| Hertford |18.4 |15.3 |10.4 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 7.5 | 59.2 |
| Huntingdon |19.8 |14.0 |12.9 |10.9 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 51.0 |
| Kent |14.7 |12.1 | 9.3 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 51.0 |
| Lancashire |16.2 |13.6 |10.2 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 55.6 |
| Leicestershire|19.9 |16.1 |11.4 | 8.6 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 63.3 |
| Lincolnshire |22.3 |18.5 |14.2 |12.2 |12.1 |12.7 |11.9 | 46.6 |
| Middlesex | 9.4 | 9.4 | 6.5 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 5.7 | 39.4 |
| Monmouth |18.6 |15.9 |11.3 |10.2 | 9.1 | 9.6 | 9.3 | 50.0 |
| Norfolk |27.3 |22.6 |16.7 |13.4 |13.4 |12.5 |12.8 | 53.1 |
| Northampton |18.7 |15.9 |11.7 | 9.1 | 8.8 | 9.0 | 7.7 | 58.8 |
| Northumberland|21.1 |17.9 |12.4 |10.2 |10.0 |10.4 | 9.3 | 55.9 |
| Nottingham |24.5 |21.7 |15.4 |13.7 |12.6 |12.0 |11.9 | 51.4 |
| Oxford |19.0 |15.4 |10.4 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 51.6 |
| Rutland |18.1 |12.7 | 7.9 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 9.0 |11.4 | 37.0 |
| Salop |28.2 |21.8 |16.6 |12.8 |13.4 |13.0 |11.8 | 58.2 |
| Somerset |13.3 |11.3 | 7.4 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 58.6 |
| Stafford |24.6 |19.4 |14.5 |11.2 |11.4 |10.9 |10.1 | 58.9 |
| Suffolk |22.0 |17.8 |14.0 |12.0 |11.7 |12.4 |12.5 | 43.2 |
| Surrey | 9.5 | 8.5 | 6.6 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 40.0 |
| Sussex |13.7 |11.5 | 8.7 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 53.3 |
| Warwick |14.9 |13.2 | 9.7 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 54.4 |
| Westmorland |21.9 |17.9 |13.1 | 8.6 | 9.1 | 8.5 | 7.8 | 64.4 |
| Wilts |17.1 |14.7 |10.3 | 9.2 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 9.3 | 45.6 |
| Worcester |16.3 |13.7 | 9.2 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 59.5 |
| Yorks-- | | | | | | | | |
| E. Riding |23.0 |18.2 |14.3 |12.2 |11.7 |12.2 |10.6 | 53.9 |
| N. Riding |27.7 |20.2 |15.4 |12.1 |11.6 |11.9 |10.2 | 63.2 |
| W. Riding |20.4 |16.1 |11.4 | 9.4 | 9.2 | 8.8 | 8.1 | 60.3 |
| Anglesey |19.7 |16.7 |15.7 |16.1 |14.9 |13.3 |12.9 | 34.5 |
| Brecon |19.9 |18.0 |12.5 |10.1 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 8.3 | 58.3 |
| Cardigan |16.0 |14.8 |11.8 | 8.9 | 7.8 | 6.3 | 7.3 | 54.4 |
| Carmarthen |18.2 |13.9 | 9.4 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 7.7 | 8.9 | 51.1 |
| Carnarvon |18.3 |13.9 |12.7 |10.3 | 9.6 | 9.4 |10.5 | 42.6 |
| Denbigh |21.1 |17.6 |13.4 |12.3 |11.6 |13.5 |10.3 | 51.2 |
| Flint |18.7 |18.4 |13.1 | 9.7 |11.2 |11.9 |11.0 | 41.2 |
| Glamorgan |17.7 |13.5 |10.3 | 8.5 | 9.1 | 8.9 | 8.4 | 52.5 |
| Merioneth |24.4 |19.5 |16.4 |13.5 |13.4 |13.2 |12.7 | 48.0 |
| Montgomery |29.5 |24.3 |16.7 |13.1 |13.4 |12.6 |11.7 | 60.3 |
| Pembroke |21.6 |15.9 |12.4 | 8.9 |10.2 |10.7 | 8.4 | 61.1 |
| Radnor |41.8 |33.2 |20.1 |14.4 |13.4 | 8.3 |11.3 | 73.0 |
+---------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--------------+