22 
Proceedings of the Boyal Society 
^PERCENTAGE OF ILLEGITIMACY IN SCOTLAND 
AND ITS COUNTIES. 
1861-70. 
1871-80. 
Increase 
or 
Decrease. 
SCOTLAND, . . 
. 
0 
9-7 
8*8 
-0*9 
COUNTIES. 
Northern, 
Sh!etlan(J, .... 
4-2 
4-8 
+ 0*6 
Orkney, .... 
. 
5-b 
6*0 
+ 1*0 
Caithness^ 
8-7 
10-9 
+ 2*2 
Sutherland, 
6 '8 
6*9 
+ 1*1 
North-Western. 
Ross and Cromarty, . 
4'5 
4^6 
+0*1 
Inverness, . , 
• 
' ^ 
8-0 
8-3 
+ 0-3 
North-Eastern. 
Nairn, .... 
10-7 
9-0 
-1*7 
Elgin, .... 
14-0 
15U 
+ 1*7 
Banff, ..... 
16*2 
16-6 
+ 0-4 
Aberdeen, 
. 
15-2 
14-3 
-0*9 
Kincardine, 
• 
14*4 
13-3 
-1*1 
East Midland.. 
Forfar, 
11-9 
10*5 
-1*4 
Perth, . . . 
11-0 
9*8 
-1-2 
Fife, .... 
8-1 
7-3 
-0*8 
Kinross, . . . , 
11 -.2 
10-3 , 
-0*9 
Clackmannan, . , 
* 
9-9 
8-0 
-1*9 
West Midland. 
Stirling, . ‘ . 
8-4 
7*0 
-1*4 
Dumbairton, 
7-4 
5*8 
-1-6 
Argyll, .... 
7-3 
7*8 
+ 0-5 
Bute, . . ... 
- 
• 
8-0 
7*4 
-0*6 
South-Western. 
Renfrew, . 
■7 -4 
6-2 
-1*2 
Ayr, .... 
9-1 
8-0 
-1*1 
Lanark, .... 
8-4 
7*3 
-1*1 
South-Eastern. 
Linlithgow, 
7*9 
8*3 
+ 0*4 . 
Edinburgh, 
9-1 
7-8 
--1*3 
Haddington, 
9-5 
8*2 
-1*3 
Bermck, .... 
10-9 
10*3 
-0-6 
Peebles, .... 
9*9 
8*5 
-1*4 
Selkirlc, .... 
9-3 
87- 
-0-6 
Southern. 
Roxburgh, 
11-5 
ll'O 
-0*5 
Dumfries, 
14-9 
15-0 
+ 0*1 
Kirkcudbright, 
15-0 
15*2 
+ 0-2 
Wigtov/n, 
• 
16-1 
16-1 
0-0 
