COMPARATIVE MORALITY OF DIFFERENT COUNTIES IN ENGLAND AND WALES.
Reading edition
The following interesting table is copied from Mr. Myers' "New System of Geography," a work now publishing in monthly parts, and which, from the manner of its execution, promises to supply an important desideratum, in that branch of literature, created by the recent political changes upon the continent of Europe.
A Table, showing the proportion which the number of persons committed to prison in each county of England and Wales, bears to the whole population; and thus illustrating the influence of local circumstances on the morals of the people. The average of the commitments is taken for thirteen years, viz. from 1805 to 1817, inclusive, and the population, as stated in the returns of 1811.
Counties.One in
Anglesea,18,522
Bedford,2,623
Berks,1,618
Brecon,3,384
Bucks,2,562
Cambridge,2,386
Cardigan,13,612
Caermarthen,7,343
Caernarvon,9,867
Chester,1,638
Cornwall,5,287
Cumberland,3,904
Denbigh,7,077
Derby,3,435
Devon,1,996
Dorset,2,292
Durham,4,337
Essex,1,435
Flint,8,399
Glamorgan,4,551
Gloucester,1,834
Hants,1,230
Hereford,1,438
Herts,1,636
Huntingdon,1,431
Kent,1,385
Lancaster,1,083
Leicester,2,161
Lincoln,2,164
Merioneth,13,377
Middlesex,588
Monmouth,2,469
Mongomery,3,534
Norfolk,1,809
Northamton,2,405
Northumberland,3,037
Nottingham,1,694
Oxford,2,151
Pembroke,5,669
Radnor,3,672
Rutland,2,696
Salop,2,263
Stafford,1,938
Somerset,1,369
Suffolk,1,731
Surrey,1,261
Sussex,2,422
Warwick,989
Westmoreland,5,642
Wilts,1,969
Worcester,1,668
York,3,002
For the whole of England, the proportion is 1 in 1,483; for Wales, 1 in 6,213; and for both England and Wales, 1 in 1,554.