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the year 1907. Table VI. gives the “corrected” rate for certain three-year periods. In connexion with these tables the following extract from the Registrar-General’s Report for 1907 (p. xxx.) is important.
Table V.—England and Wales. Illegitimate Births to 1000 Births.
| Ten years 1897– 1906. | 1907. | Ten years 1897– 1906. | 1907. | Ten years 1897– 1906. | 1907. | |||
| Bedford | 49 | 53 | Leicestershire | 40 | 39 | Wilts | 41 | 42 |
| Berks | 47 | 48 | Lincolnshire | 55 | 54 | Worcester | 37 | 38 |
| Bucks | 40 | 44 | London | 37 | 38 | Yorks— | ||
| Cambridge | 48 | 53 | Middlesex | 30 | 28 | E. Riding | 52 | 49 |
| Chester | 41 | 39 | Monmouth | 29 | 27 | N. ” | 53 | 45 |
| Cornwall | 50 | 48 | Norfolk | 62 | 65 | W. ” | 43 | 41 |
| Cumberland | 61 | 58 | Northampton | 41 | 42 | |||
| Derby | 41 | 41 | Northumberland | 39 | 38 | Anglesey | 81 | 75 |
| Devon | 39 | 39 | Nottingham | 50 | 49 | Brecon | 44 | 40 |
| Dorset | 40 | 37 | Oxford | 53 | 56 | Cardigan | 64 | 61 |
| Durham | 34 | 37 | Rutland | 46 | 70 | Carmarthen | 37 | 41 |
| Essex | 28 | 27 | Shropshire | 64 | 61 | Carnarvon | 60 | 72 |
| Gloucester | 36 | 36 | Somerset | 37 | 35 | Denbigh | 49 | 47 |
| Hants | 40 | 36 | Stafford | 40 | 38 | Flint | 42 | 42 |
| Hereford | 66 | 66 | Suffolk | 56 | 62 | Glamorgan | 26 | 26 |
| Hertford | 40 | 42 | Surrey | 38 | 37 | Merioneth | 71 | 77 |
| Huntingdon | 49 | 46 | Sussex | 52 | 52 | Montgomery | 76 | 73 |
| Kent | 40 | 41 | Warwick | 32 | 30 | Pembroke | 52 | 47 |
| Lancashire | 38 | 37 | Westmorland | 61 | 62 | Radnor | 66 | 67 |
Table VI.—Annual Illegitimate Birth-rates in each Registration County of England and Wales, 1970–1907.
| Registration Counties. | Illegitimate Births to 1000 Unmarried and Widowed Females aged 15–45 years. |
Decrease per cent in each County between the period 1870–1872 and 1907. | ||||||
| Three-year Periods. | Years. | |||||||
| 1870–1872. | 1880–1882. | 1890–1892. | 1900–1902. | 1903–1905. | 1906. | 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 |
