Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely Administrative County (pre-1974) : Births by legitimacy

Births by legitimacy

Data cube chart.

Year Legitimate Illegitimate
31 Dec 1965 4,504 Show data context 310 Show data context
31 Dec 1966 4,399 Show data context 280 Show data context
31 Dec 1967 4,339 Show data context 315 Show data context
31 Dec 1968 4,201 Show data context 305 Show data context
31 Dec 1969 4,161 Show data context 231 Show data context
31 Dec 1970 4,194 Show data context 240 Show data context
31 Dec 1971 4,239 Show data context 242 Show data context
31 Dec 1972 4,163 Show data context 254 Show data context
31 Dec 1973 3,936 Show data context 227 Show data context
Date Source
1965 - 1973 Registrar General, Statistical Review (HM Stationery Office) ,

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The 1831 census provides information, down to parish-level, on the occupations of males aged over 20 using nine categories. Here we reorganise this information to provide a crude measure of social status, based more on contemporary ideas than on modern definitions of social class: "middling sorts" combines small farmers not employing labourers with both masters and skilled workers in urban manufacturing and handicrafts.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely Administrative County (pre-1974) through time | Historical Statistics on Life & Death | Births by legitimacy, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10001146/cube/BIRTH_LEGIT

Date accessed: 02nd June 2026