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Illiteracy Percentages By Counties 1839-1848 As Defined By:
Those Who Signed The Marriage Register With Marks
And By Persons Committed To Prison
(Average For England And Wales: At Marriage 40%, Prisoners 32%))
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| Monmouth South Wales Bedford North Wales Hertford Lancaster Stafford Worcester Essex Bucks Huntingdon Rutland Salop Suffolk Wiltshire Chester Norfolk Cambridge Cornwall Yorkshire Northampton Berkshire Nottingham Hereford Leicester Somerset Derby Lincoln Oxford Warwick Dorset Durham Gloucester Southampton Sussex Devon Kent Northumberland Westmorland Cumberland Surrey Middlesex |
59 57 56 55 54 52 52 52 50 49 49 49 48 48 48 46 46 45 45 44 43 42 42 41 41 41 39 39 39 38 36 36 35 34 34 32 32 28 27 25 21 18 |
28 37 41 38 41 39 31 35 40 34 32 31 40 34 25 35 38 31 30 29 32 30 30 45 28 34 24 27 32 35 33 32 28 28 31 28 34 26 20 27 27 25 |
Source: London Labour And The London Poor, Volume 4 by Henry Mayhew
NOTE: Number of persons committed to prison in this ten year period (1839-1848):
275424.