TABLE V.—England and Wales. I legitimate Births to 1000 Births. 5 Ten l Ten 4 Ten ' Ten

y€3 1'S YCAYS ' y€31'S year S

1897- 1907. 1897- 1907. - ' 1897- 1907. 1897- 1907 1906. 1906. 1906. 1906.

Bedford 49 Hertford 40 42 Oxford 53 56 N. Ridin 53 Berks 47 Huntingdon 49 46 Rutland 46 70 ' W., , g 43 Bucks - 40 44 Kent 40 41 ' Shropshire 64 61 Cambridge 48 53 Lancashire 38 31 Somerset 37 35 Anglesey 81 75 Chester 41 39 Leicester- Stafford 40 38 Brecon 44 40 Cornwall 50 48 shire 40 39 Suffolk 56 62 Cardigan . 64 61 Cumberland 61 58 Lincolnshire 55 54 Surrey 38 37 Carmarthen 37 41 Derby 4I 4I London 37 38 Sussex 52 52 Carnarvon 60 72 Devon 39 39 Middlesex 30 28 Warwick 32 30 Denbigh 49 47 Dorset 40 37 Monmouth 29 27 Westmor- Flint 42 42 Durham 34 37 Norfolk 62 65 land 61 62 Glamorgan 26 '26 Essex 28 27 Northampton 4I 42 Wilts 41 ' 42 Merioneth 71 77 Gloucester 36 36 Northumber- ~ Worcester 37 38 Montgomery 76 73 Hants; 40 36 land 39 38 Yorks- Pembroke 52 47 Hereford 66 66 Nottingham . 50 49 E. Riding 52 49 Radnor | 66 67 TABLE VI.-Annual Illegitimate Birth-rates in each Registration County of England and Wales, 1870-1907. Illegitimate Births to 1000 Unmarried and Widowed Females, Decrease per Cent Registration aged ¥5'45 Y?a1'S- bin each (iounty d 6 1

ommes' Three-year Periods. Years. tvigglgfl § 72er O 1870-1872. 1880-1882. 1890-1892. 1900-1902. 1903-1905. 1906. 1907. 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 2I~I I8'0 “ 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~I 8-9 7-3 8-8 53-7 Cambridge 19-3 15-6 12-4 9-6 10-1 9-7 IO'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 4 Cumberland 29-2 23-9 18-6 12-3 12-3 I2~3 11-0 62-3 Derby 22-5 17-7 12-8 10-0 I0'O 10-0 9-4 58-2 Devon 14-0 10-6 8-1 6-7 6-5 6 7 6-1 56-4 - Dorset I4~2 13-1 9-6 7-2 7-2 8-1 6-4 54-9 Durham 24-0 18-0 13-8 II'I II'I IO-8 11-6 51-7 Essex 16-2 12-7 - 9-1 ' 7-3 7-1 6-7 6-4 60-5 Gloucester I2'9 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 II~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 9-3 7-5 7-6 7'5 7-2 51-0 Lancashire I6-2 13-6 I0°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 I4'2 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 I5-9 11-3 IO°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 ~ Northam ton 18-7 15-9 II'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 I2~7 12-6 12-0 II'9 51-4 Oxford 19-0 15-4 10-4 9-0 9-1 9-3 9-2 51-6 Rutland 18-1 I2'7 7'9 7-2 6-8 9-o 11-4 37-0 Salop 28-2 21-8 16-6 12-8 13-4 13-0 II-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 II°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 I3'7 9-2 7-2 6-8 6-6 6-6 59-5 Yorks-

E. Riding 23-0 18-2 14-3 I2'2 11-7 12-2 I0°6 53-9 N. Riding 27-7 20-2 15-4 12-1 II'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 I8'0 I2°g 10-1 9-2 9-2 8-3 58-3 Cardigan 16-0 14-8 11- 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 4256 Denbigh 21-1 17-6 13-4 12-3 II'6 13-5 IO°3 51-2 Flint 18-7 18-4 I3°I 9-7 II'2 11-9 II°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 I3°4 I§ °2 I2-7 48-0 Montgomery 29-5 24-3 16-7 - 13-1 13-4 12-6 1I'7 60-3 Pembroke 21-6 15-9 I2'4 8-9 IO~2 10-7 8-4 61-1 I

4 Radnor 4 41-8 4 33-2 20-1 4 14-4 4 13-4 8-3 II'3 A 73-0 f