Note 259 — CRIMINALITY. (continued 2)
Henry P. (Henry Pomeroy) Horton translation
In the years 1887–1891 there were 7.81 illegitimate children out of each 100 living births; 35.7% of the illegitimate children died in the first year as against 20.8% of children in general (1884–1893).259 In Prussia also, then, the influence of illegitimacy upon criminality is very marked.