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Illegitimate Births As A Percentages
Of All Births By Counties 1845-1848
(Average For England And Wales 6.7%)
| Above Average Illegitimacy |
% |
Below Average Illegitimacy |
% |
|
| Cumberland Norfolk Hereford Shropshire Nottingham Chester Westmorland Suffolk Derby Berkshire, Leicester North Wales Lancaster, Bedford Oxford Northumberland Hertford, South Wales Yorkshire Bucks Wiltshire, Stafford Sussex |
10.8 10.5 10.0 9.9 9.1 8.9 8.7 8.5 8.1 7.9 7.8 7.7 7.6 7.3 7.2 7.1 7.0 6.9 6.8 |
Cambridge,
Dorset Lincoln, Worcester Gloucester Somerset Southampton, Northampton Essex, Durham Warwick, Rutland Kent Devon Monmouth Huntingdon Cornwall Surrey Middlesex |
6.6 6.6 6.4 6.3 6.0 6.0 5.6 5.4 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.4 4.0 |
Source: London Labour And The London Poor, Volume 4 by Henry Mayhew