⁂ The counties printed _black_ are those in which the number_London Labour and the London Poor, Vol. 4

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.

_The Average for all England and Wales is 17 in every 10,000 illegitimate births._

_„ „ Surrey (the highest) 39 „ „ _

_„ „ Huntingdon and Rutland (the lowest) 0 „ „ _

]

TABLE SHOWING THE CRIMINALITY OF THE DIFFERENT COUNTIES OF ENGLAND AND

WALES WITH REGARD TO THE CONCEALMENT OF THE BIRTHS OF INFANTS.

| | |

| Average | |

|Yearly No. of| |

COUNTIES. | Illegitimate+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+

| Births. |1841.|1842.|1843.|1844.|1845.|1846.|1847.|1848.|1849.|1850.|

------------------+-------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+

Bedford | 336 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |

Berks | 461 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 2 |

Bucks | 315 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |

Cambridge | 423 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... |

Chester | 1128 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | 5 |

Cornwall | 534 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | 1 |

Cumberland | 639 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 |

Derby | 656 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 4 |

Devon | 818 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ... | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |

Dorset | 342 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

Durham | 824 | ... | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... |

Essex | 621 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | 1 |

Gloucester | 788 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ... | 4 | 5 | ... | 3 | 2 |

Hereford | 274 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... |

Hertford | 388 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... |

Hunts | 98 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |

Kent | 998 | 2 | ... | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ... | 3 | 2 |

Lancaster | 5672 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 |

Leicester | 583 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 |

Lincoln | 820 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | 4 |

Middlesex | 2200 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 |

Monmouth | 269 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... |

Norfolk | 1374 | ... | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ... |

Northampton | 416 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... |

Northumberland | 685 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... |

Nottingham | 808 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 |

Oxford | 396 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |

Rutland | 40 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |

Salop | 640 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ... | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 |

Somerset | 847 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | 3 | 1 | 2 |

Southampton | 703 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | ... | 2 |

Stafford | 1341 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |

Suffolk | 895 | 3 | ... | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |

Surrey | 903 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 |

Sussex | 662 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... |

Warwick | 831 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | 2 |

Westmorland | 156 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 |

Wilts | 506 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... |

Worcester | 679 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |

York | 4155 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 5 |

North Wales | 847 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 |

South Wales | 1308 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ... | 3 | 4 |

------------------+-------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+

and Wales | 37,410 | 51 | 49 | 66 | 87 | 53 | 78 | 65 | 60 | 75 | 66 |

------------------+-------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+

| | | No. committed | Proportion per

| | |for concealments |Cent. above and

| Total| Annual | in every 10,000 |below the Aver.

+for 10|Average.| Illegitimate |† denotes above.

|Years.| | Births. |* „ below.

+---------------+-----------------+----------------

| 2 | ·2 | 6 | *64·7

| 10 | 1·0 | 22 | †29·5

| 3 | ·3 | 10 | *41·2

| 7 | ·7 | 17 | .....

| 16 | 1·6 | 54 | *17·6

| 16 | 1·6 | 30 | †76·9

| 5 | ·5 | 8 | *52·9

| 8 | ·8 | 12 | *29·4

| 23 | 2·3 | 28 | †64·8

| 10 | 1·0 | 29 | †70·6

| 19 | 1·9 | 23 | †35·3

| 16 | 1·6 | 26 | †53·0

| 22 | 2·2 | 28 | †64·8

| 7 | ·7 | 26 | †53·0

| 5 | ·5 | 13 | *23·5

| ... | ... | ... | *100·0

| 22 | 2·2 | 22 | †29·5

| 50 | 5·0 | 9 | *47·1

| 11 | 1·1 | 19 | †11·8

| 23 | 2·3 | 28 | †64·8

| 54 | 5·4 | 25 | †47·1

| 8 | ·8 | 30 | †76·9

| 21 | 2·1 | 15 | *11·8

| 9 | ·9 | 22 | †29·5

| 5 | ·5 | 7 | *58·8

| 4 | ·4 | 5 | *70·6

| 1 | ·1 | 3 | *82·4

| ... | ... | ... | *100·0

| 19 | 1·9 | 14 | *17·6

| 16 | 1·6 | 19 | †11·8

| 26 | 2·6 | 37 | †117·7

| 23 | 2·3 | 17 | .....

| 20 | 2·0 | 22 | †29·5

| 35 | 3·5 | 39 | †129·5

| 16 | 1·6 | 24 | †41·2

| 11 | 1·1 | 13 | *23·5

| 4 | ·4 | 26 | †53·0

| 9 | ·9 | 18 | †4·1

| 17 | 1·7 | 25 | †47·1

| 49 | 4·9 | 12 | *29·4

| 9 | ·9 | 11 | *35·3

| 19 | 1·9 | 15 | *11·8

+------+--------+-----------------+----------------

| | | |

| 650 | 65·0 | 17 |

+------+--------+-----------------+----------------

LIST OF COUNTIES, IN THE ORDER OF THEIR CRIMINALITY WITH REGARD TO THE

CONCEALMENT OF THE BIRTHS OF INFANTS, AS SHOWN BY THE NUMBER COMMITTED

FOR THIS OFFENCE IN EVERY 10,000 ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS.

_Counties above the Average._

Surrey 39

Southampton 37

Cornwall 30

Monmouth 30

Dorset 29

Devon 28

Gloucester 28

Lincoln 28

Essex 26

Hereford 26

Westmorland 26

Middlesex 25

Worcester 25

Sussex 24

Durham 23

Berks 22

Kent 22

Northampton 22

Suffolk 22

Leicester 19

Somerset 19

Wilts 18

_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.

| Percentage above

| and below the

| Average.

| † denotes above.

| * „ below.

+------------------------

| In No. of | In No.

_Counties in which the Number of cases_ | Cases of | of

_of Concealing Births and Number of_ |Concealing |Illegitimate

_Illegitimate Births are both above the_ | Births. | Births.

_Average._ +-----------+------------

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.)

| Percentage above

| and below the

| Average.

| † denotes above.

| * „ below.

+------------------------

| In No. |In No.

| of Cases |of

_Counties in which the Number of cases_ | of |Illegitimate

_of Concealing Births is above the_ | Concealing|Births.

_Average and the Number of Illegitimate_ | Births. |

_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.)

[Illustration: 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.

The Average is calculated for ten years.

_The Average for England and Wales is 1 in every 10,000 illegitimate births._

_ „ „ Sussex (the highest) 6 „ „ „ _

]

TABLE SHOWING THE CRIMINALITY OF THE DIFFERENT COUNTIES OF ENGLAND AND

WALES, WITH REGARD TO THE ATTEMPTS TO PROCURE THE MISCARRIAGE OF WOMEN.

| | Total number committed for attempting

| Average | to procure the miscarriage of women.

COUNTIES. |Yearly No. of+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+

| Births. | 1841. | 1842. | 1843. | 1844. | 1845. | 1846. |

-----------------+-------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+

Bedford | 336 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |

Berks | 461 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |

Bucks | 315 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |

Cambridge | 423 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |

Chester | 1128 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. |

Cornwall | 534 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |

Cumberland | 639 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |

Derby | 656 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. |

Devon | 818 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. |

Dorset | 342 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |

Durham | 824 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |

Essex | 621 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |

Gloucester | 788 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |

Hereford | 274 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |

Hertford | 388 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |

Hunts | 98 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |

Kent | 998 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |

Lancaster | 5672 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |

Leicester | 583 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |

Lincoln | 820 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |

Middlesex | 2200 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |

Monmouth | 269 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |

Norfolk | 1374 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |

Northampton | 416 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |

Northumberland | 685 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |

Nottingham | 808 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |

Oxford | 396 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |

Rutland | 40 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |

Salop | 640 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |

Somerset | 847 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |

Southampton | 703 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |

Stafford | 1341 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |

Suffolk | 895 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |

Surrey | 903 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |

Sussex | 662 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. |

Warwick | 831 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. |

Westmorland | 156 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |

Wilts | 506 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |

Worcester | 679 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |

York | 4155 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. |

North Wales | 847 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |

South Wales | 1308 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |

-----------------+-------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+

and Wales | 37,410 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 |

| | |No. committed| Proportion per

| Total | Annual | annually in | Cent. above and

+-------+-------+-------+-------+ for 10|Average.| every 10,000|below the Aver.

| 1847. | 1848. | 1849. | 1850. | | | Births. |* „ below.

+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+--------+-------------+----------------

| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | *100·0

| .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ·1 | 2 | †100·0

| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | *100·0

| .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ·3 | 3 | †200·0

| .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | ·2 | 4 | †300·0

| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | *100·0

| .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ·2 | 3 | †200·0

| .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ·3 | 4 | †300·0

| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | *100·0

| .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ·1 | 1 | ....

| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | *100·0

| 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ·1 | 3 | †200·0

| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | *100·0

| .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ·1 | 0·2 | †80·0

| .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | ·3 | 5 | *400·0

| .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | ·1 | 1 | ....

| .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | ·2 | 0·9 | *10·0

| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | *100·0

| .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ·1 | 0·7 | *30·0

| .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | ·2 | 5 | †400·0

| .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ·1 | 1 | ....

| .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | ·3 | 4 | †300·0

| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | *100·0

| .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ·2 | 1 | ....

| .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ·1 | 1 | ....

| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | *100·0

| .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ·4 | 6 | †500·0

| .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ·3 | 4 | †300·0

| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | *100·0

| .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | ·6 | 1 | ....

| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | *100·0

| 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ·1 | 0·8 | *20·0

+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+--------+-------------+----------------

| | | | | | | |

| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 4·4 | 1 |

LIST OF COUNTIES, IN THE ORDER OF THEIR CRIMINALITY WITH REGARD TO

ATTEMPTING TO PROCURE THE MISCARRIAGE OF WOMEN, AS SHOWN BY THE NUMBER

COMMITTED FOR THIS OFFENCE IN EVERY 10,000 ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS.

_Counties above the Average._

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.

| Percentage | | Percentage

| above and below | | above and below

| the Average. | | the Average.

| † denotes above. | | † denotes above.

_Counties in which_ | * „ below. |_Counties in which_ | * „ below.

_the Concealment_ +-----------+------------+_the Concealment_ +-----------+------------

_procure Miscarriage_| of | at |_and the attempts to_| of | at

+-----------+------------+ +-----------+------------

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 | | |Essex | † 53·0 | *100·0

the whole of | | |Hereford | † 53·0 | *100·0

the above | | |Westmorland | † 53·0 | *100·0

Counties is | †41·1 | †300·0 |Middlesex | † 47·1 | * 10·0

(The Number of cases of Concealing |Worcester | † 47·1 | *100·0

Births is 24, and of Attempts |Durham | † 35·3 | *100·0

at Miscarriage 4 in every |Kent | † 29·5 | *100·0

10,000 Illegitimate Births.) |Suffolk | † 29·5 | * ----

|Somerset | † 11·8 | *100·0

|Wilts | † 4·1 | *100·0

_Counties in which the Concealment_ |The Average for | |

_of Births and Attempts to procure_ | the whole of | |

_Miscarriage are both below the_ | the above | |

_Average._ | Counties is | † 53·0 | * 60·0

Rutland | *100·0 | *100·0 |(The Number of cases of Concealing

Hunts | *100·0 | *100·0 |Births is 26, and Attempts

Oxford | * 82·4 | *100·0 |at Miscarriage 0·4 in every 10,000

Bedford | * 64·7 | *100·0 |Illegitimate Births.)

Northumb. | * 58·8 | * ---- |

Cumberland | * 52·9 | *100·0 |

Lancaster | * 47·1 | * 80·0 |_Counties in which the Concealment_

Bucks | * 41·2 | *100·0 |_of Births is below the Average,_

North Wales | * 35·3 | *100·0 |_and the Attempts to procure Miscarriage_

York | * 29·4 | * ---- |_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

Counties is | * 29·4 | * 30·0 | Counties is | * 29·4 | †200·0

(The Number of cases of Concealing | (The Number of cases of Concealing

Births is 14, and Attempts |Births is 12, and Attempts

at Miscarriage 0·7 in every 10,000 |at Miscarriage 3 in every 10,000

Illegitimate Births.) |Illegitimate Births.)

THE ATTEMPTS TO PROCURE THE MISCARRIAGE OF WOMEN AND ILLEGITIMATE

BIRTHS COMPARED.

| Percentage

| above and below

| the Average.

_Counties in_ | † denotes above.

_which the Number_ | * „ below.

_of cases of Attempts_+---------------+---------------

_at Miscarriage_ | In No. | In No.

_and Number_ | of Attempts |of Illegitimate

_of Illegitimate_ |at Miscarriage | Births.

_Births are_ | |

_both above the_ | |

_Average._ +---------------+---------------

Sussex | †500·0 | † 1·5

Leicester | †400·0 | †17·9

Nottingham | †300·0 | †35·8

Chester | †200·0 | †32·8

Derby | †200·0 | †20·9

Hertford | †200·0 | † 7·4

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 and Number_

_of Illegitimate Births are both_

_below the Average._

Cambridge | *100·0 | * 1·5

Dorset | *100·0 | * 1·5

Durham | *100·0 | *10·4

Essex | *100·0 | *10·4

Hunts | *100·0 | *28·3

Kent | *100·0 | *19·4

Monmouth | *100·0 | *26·8

Rutland | *100·0 | *16·4

Somerset | *100·0 | * 6·0

Southampton | *100·0 | *10·4

Surrey | *100·0 | *34·3

Worcester | *100·0 | * 1·5

Middlesex | * 10·0 | *40·3

Lincoln | * ---- | * 1·5

Gloucester | * ---- | * 4·5

The Average for | |

the whole of | |

the above | |

Counties is | * 60·0 | * 19·4

(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.)

| Percentage

| above and below

| the Average.

_Counties in_ | † denotes above.

_which the cases_ | * „ below.

_of Attempts at_ +---------------+---------------

_Miscarriage are_ | In No. | In No.

_above the Average_ | of Attempts |of Illegitimate

_and the_ |at Miscarriage | Births.

_Number of _ | |

_Illegitimate Births _| |

_below it._ +---------------+---------------

Northampton | †400·0 | *10·4

Devon | †300·0 | *25·3

Warwick | †300·0 | *16·4

Cornwall | †300·0 | *29·8

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

every 10,000 Illegitimate Births,

and Number of Illegitimate Births

53 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._

Bedford | *100·0 | †14·9

Bucks | *100·0 | † 4·4

Cumberland | *100·0 | †61·2

Hereford | *100·0 | †49·2

Oxford | *100·0 | †13·4

Salop | *100·0 | †47·7

Westmorland | *100·0 | †29·8

Wilts | *100·0 | † 3·0

North Wales | *100·0 | †16·4

Lancaster | * 80·0 | †14·9

Norfolk | * 30·0 | †56·7

South Wales | * 20·0 | † 7·4

Suffolk | * ---- | †26·8

Northumb. | * ---- | † 8·9

Stafford | * ---- | † 3·0

York | * ---- | † 6·0

The Average for | |

the whole of | |

the above | |

Counties is | * 40·0 | †16·4

(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.)

[Illustration: MAP SHOWING THE NUMBER OF PERSONS COMMITTED FOR

ASSAULTS, WITH INTENT TO RAVISH AND CARNALLY ABUSE, IN EVERY 1,000,000

OF THE POPULATION, IN THE SEVERAL COUNTIES OF ENGLAND & WALES.

⁂ The counties printed _black_ are those in which the number committed

for this offence is _above_ the Average.

The counties left _white_ are those in which the number committed for

the same offence is _below_ the Average.

The Average has been calculated for the ten years, from 1841 to 1850.

_The Average for all England and Wales is 83 in every 1,000,000 people._

_„ „ Worcester (the highest) 139 „ „ _

_„ „ South Wales (the lowest) 33 „ „ _

]

TABLE SHOWING THE CRIMINALITY OF THE DIFFERENT COUNTIES OF ENGLAND AND

WALES, WITH REGARD TO ASSAULTS WITH INTENT TO RAVISH AND CARNALLY ABUSE.

| | Total Number Committed for Assaults, with |

| Average | intent to Ravish and Carnally Abuse. |

COUNTIES. |Population+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+

| 1841-50. | | | | | | | | | | |

| |1841|1842|1843|1844|1845|1846|1847|1848|1849|1850|

-----------------+----------+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+

Bedford | 121,083| .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. |

Berks | 194,763| 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

Bucks | 140,959| .. | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. |

Cambridge | 180,747| 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |

Chester | 395,919| 7 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 |

Cornwall | 349,991| 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 |

Cumberland | 186,762| 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 |

Derby | 250,249| 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 |

Devon | 554,738| 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 3 |

Dorset | 172,736| .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. |

Durham | 368,787| 1 | 3 | 7 | .. | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 |

Essex | 332,363| 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .. |

Gloucester | 407,504| 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | .. | 6 | 5 |

Hereford | 97,813| 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 4 | .. | 1 |

Hertford | 168,178| .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | 2 |

Hunts | 57,942| 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |

Kent | 585,249| 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 |

Lancaster | 1,881,261| 13 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 26 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 6 |

Leicester | 227,621| 2 | 5 | 4 | .. | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 |

Lincoln | 378,246| 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | .. | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 |

Middlesex | 1,740,814| 14 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 8 | 11 |

Monmouth | 164,093| 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .. | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 |

Norfolk | 419,463| 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 5 |

Northampton | 206,496| .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 |

Northumberland | 284,777| 1 | .. | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. |

Nottingham | 282,584| 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. |

Oxford | 166,751| .. | 4 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |

Rutland | 23,711| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |

Salop | 243,352| 1 | 3 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | .. |

Somerset | 452,515| 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 |

Southampton | 377,040| 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 |

Stafford | 579,686| 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 11 |

Suffolk | 325,336| 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |

Surrey | 635,917| 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 |

Sussex | 320,944| .. | 7 | 1 | .. | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 |

Warwick | 444,558| 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 |

Westmorland | 57,494| .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. |

Wilts | 241,887| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | .. | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 |

Worcester | 244,574| 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 |

York | 1,686,461| 16 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 14 |

North Wales | 396,161| 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 |

South Wales | 568,430| 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |

-----------------+----------+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+

Total for England|16,918,458|118 |141 |158 |167 |123 |164 |131 |133 |112 |122 |

| | | No. | Percentage

|Total for| Annual |Committed |above and below

+10 Years.|Average.| Annually | the Average.

| | | in every |† denotes above.

| | |1,000,000.|* „ below.

+---------+--------+----------+----------------

| 6 | 0·6 | 50 | *39·3

| 13 | 1·3 | 67 | *19·2

| 13 | 1·3 | 92 | †10·8

| 14 | 1·4 | 77 | * 7·2

| 46 | 4·6 | 116 | †39·8

| 23 | 2·3 | 66 | *20·5

| 15 | 1·5 | 80 | * 3·6

| 12 | 1·2 | 48 | *42·2

| 35 | 3·5 | 63 | *24·7

| 13 | 1·3 | 75 | * 9·6

| 26 | 2·6 | 71 | *14·5

| 28 | 2·8 | 84 | † 1·2

| 37 | 3·7 | 91 | † 9·6

| 8 | 0·8 | 82 | * 1·2

| 13 | 1·3 | 78 | * 6·0

| 3 | 0·3 | 52 | *37·4

| 62 | 6·2 | 106 | †27·7

| 162 | 16·2 | 87 | † 4·8

| 23 | 2·3 | 101 | †21·7

| 29 | 2·9 | 80 | * 3·6

| 111 | 11·1 | 64 | *22·9

| 17 | 1·7 | 104 | †25·3

| 50 | 5·0 | 119 | †43·4

| 21 | 2·1 | 102 | †22·9

| 16 | 1·6 | 56 | *32·5

| 10 | 1·0 | 36 | *56·6

| 17 | 1·7 | 102 | †22·9

| 1 | 0·1 | 42 | *49·4

| 14 | 1·4 | 58 | *30·1

| 51 | 5·1 | 115 | †38·6

| 40 | 4·0 | 106 | †27·7

| 58 | 5·8 | 101 | †21·7

| 18 | 1·8 | 56 | *32·5

| 38 | 3·8 | 60 | *27·7

| 32 | 3·2 | 100 | †20·5

| 41 | 4·1 | 92 | †10·8

| 5 | 0·5 | 87 | † 4·8

| 28 | 2·8 | 116 | †39·8

| 34 | 3·4 | 139 | †67·5

| 136 | 13·6 | 81 | * 2·4

| 32 | 3·2 | 81 | * 2·4

| 18 | 1·8 | 33 | *60·2

+---------+--------+----------+----------------

| 1369 | 137·0 | 83 |

| | | |

LIST OF COUNTIES, IN THE ORDER OF THEIR CRIMINALITY WITH REGARD TO

ASSAULTS WITH INTENT TO RAVISH AND CARNALLY ABUSE, AS SHOWN BY THE

NUMBER COMMITTED FOR THIS OFFENCE IN EVERY 1,000,000 OF THE POPULATION.

_Counties above the Average._

Worcester 139

Norfolk 119

Chester 116

Wilts 116

Somerset 115

Kent 106

Southampton 106

Monmouth 104

Northampton 102

Oxford 102

Stafford 101

Leicester 101

Sussex 100

Warwick 92

Bucks 92

Gloucester 91

Lancaster 87

Westmorland 87

Essex 84

_Counties below the Average._

⁂ The counties printed _black_ are those in which the number of cases