Fifty-ninth annual report of the registrar-general
Table of Contents
(Pages i-iv) Title page & contents
(128 pages)
Report
Report(Page v) Population. Natural increase and estimated increase
(Pages v-xvi) Marriages. Marriage-rate; relation between marriage rate and commercial activity; forms of marriage; Jewish marriages; previous civil condition of persons married; ages at marriage; signature in marriage register; buildings registered for the solemnization of marriages; certified places of worship
(Pages xvi-xvii) Births. Number; rates; sex; illegitimate births
(Pages xvii-xxxv) Deaths. General death-rate; county death-rates; sex; ages; infantile mortality; urban and rural mortality; registered causes of death; changes of classification; zymotic, or specific febrile diseases; mortality from small-pox, measles, scarlet fever, enteric fever, diphtheria, and whooping-cough; epidemic influenza; diarrhoeal diseases; hydrophobia; puerperal fever; parasitic, dietetic, constitutional, developmental, and local diseases; deaths from violence; deaths from ill-defined and un-specified causes; certification of causes of death; deaths referred to coroners; inquests; uncertified causes of death
(Page xxxv) Offences against the registration acts
(Pages xxxv-xxxvi) Progress of registration. Aggregate number of names on the registers; number of searches in the registers and of certificates granted at the central office; fees received
(Page xxxvi) Army and navy. Strength and mortality of the army at home and abroad; strength and mortality of the navy
(Pages xxxvi-xxxvii) Births and deaths of British subjects at sea. Marine register book; mortality of mercantile marine; deaths among passengers
(Page xxxvii) International vital statistics
(Pages xxxviii-xl) Meteorology; remarks by James Glaisher, Esq., F. R. S
(Pages xli-cxxxii) Preliminary tables
Preliminary tables(Pages xlii-xliii) 1. United Kingdom. Population of its several portions estimated to the middle of each of the years 1847-96, exclusive of the population of the Islands in the British Seas, and of the portions of the army, navy, and merchant service abroad
(Page xliv) 2. England and Wales. Marriages, births, and deaths, 1847-96
(Page xlv) 3. England. Annual marriage-, birth-, and death-rates, 1847-96
(Page xlvi) 4. England. Annual marriage-, birth-, and death-rates, in groups of years, 1838-96
(Page xlvi) 5. England. Annual marriage-, birth-, and death-rates in each quarter; in groups of years, 1838-96, and in each year, 1887-96
(Page xlvii) 6. England. Churches and chapels of the Established Church, and other registered buildings for the solemnisation of marriage, 31st December 1896
(Page xlviii) 7. England. Marriages; manner of solemnization, 1847-96
(Page xlix) 8. England. Marriages; manner of solemnization, in counties, 1896
(Page l) 9. England. First marriages, re-marriages, marriages of minors, and signatures by mark, 1847-96
(Page li) 10. England. Marriages, marriages of minors, and signatures by mark, in counties, 1886-1895, and 1896
(Page lii) 11. England. Birth-, and death-rates in counties, 1886-95 and 1896
(Page liii) 13. England. Annual death-rates at twelve groups of ages, 1847-96. Persons
(Page liv) 13. England. Annual death-rates at twelve groups of ages, 1847-96. Males
(Page lv) 14. England. Annual death-rates at twelve groups of ages, 1847-96. Females
(Page lvi) 15. England. Annual death-rates at twelve age-periods in groups of years, 1838-96. Males and females
(Page lvii) 16. England. Death-rates per 1000 living, at twelve groups of ages in registration counties, 1896. Persons
(Pages lviii-lxviii) 17. England. Deaths from various causes, 1877-96 persons
(Pages lix-lxix) 18. England. Annual death-rates from various causes, to a million persons living, 1877-96 persons
(Pages lxx-lxxx) 19. England. Deaths from various causes, 1877-96 males
(Pages lxxi-lxxxi) 20. England. Annual death-rates from various causes, to a million persons living, 1877-96 males
(Pages lxxxii-xcii) 21. England. Deaths from various causes, 1877-96 females
(Pages lxxxiii-xciii) 22. England. Annual death-rates from various causes, to a million persons living, 1877-96 females
(Pages xciv-xcv) 23. England. Annual death-rates from various causes to a million persons living, in groups of years, 1861-95
(Page xcvi) 24. England. Annual death-rates, from the principal zymotic diseases, and infant mortality, 1847-96
(Page xcvii) 25. London. Annual death-rates, from the principal zymotic diseases, and infant mortality, 1847-96
(Pages xcviii-xcix) 26. England. Death-rates from several causes in registration counties, 1896
(Pages c-ci) 27. England. Death-rates from the principal zymotic diseases, from phthisis, from diseases of the circulatory, respiratory (excluding croup), and urinary systems, and from puerperal fever and childbirth, in registration counties in 1886-95, and 1896
(Page cii) 28. England. Deaths from various causes to a million deaths from all causes, 1896
(Page ciii) 29. England. Death-rates in town and county districts, 1851-96
(Page ciii) 30. England. Town and country districts. Annual death-rates in each quarter of the eleven years, 1886-96
(Page civ) 31. England. Names on the register, searches, and fees received, at the general register office, 1847-96
(Page cv) 32. Islands in the British Seas. Area and population; and births, and deaths, 1876-1896
(Page cv) 33. United Kingdom. Emigration, 1877-96
(Page cvi) 34. Army. Strength and mortality, 1867-96
(Page cvi) 35. Royal navy. Mortality in the service afloat, 1858-1896
(Page cvii) 36. Merchant service. Number and mortality of seamen employed in vessels registered in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and Channel Islands, under the merchant shipping act, reported to the registrar-general of seamen
(Page cvii) 37. Merchant service. Births and deaths at sea among passengers (British subjects), reported to the registrar-general of seamen
(Pages cviii-cix) 38. Meteorological elements, Greenwich, 1849-1896. By James Glaisher, Esq., F. R. S
(Pages cx-cxi) 39. Quarterly meteorological elements, Greenwich, 1896
(Pages cx-cxi) 40. Monthly meteorological elements, Greenwich, 1896
(Pages cxii-cxiii) 41. Mean annual values of meteorological elements from observations at several stations in the year 1896. By James Glaisher, Esq., F. R. S
(Pages cxii-cxiii) 42. Meteorological elements for different parallels of latitude, 1896. By James Glaisher, Esq., F. R. S
(Page cxiv) 43. England. Prices and pauperism, 1847-96
(Page cxv) 44. Births, and deaths per 1000 of the population, in the United Kingdom and in other European states
(Page cxvi) 45. United Kingdom. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1864-96
(Page cxvii) 46. England and Wales. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1847-96
(Page cxviii) 47. Scotland. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1855-96
(Page cxix) 48. Ireland. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1864-96
(Page cxx) 49. Denmark (the kingdom properly so called). Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1861-96
(Page cxxi) 50. Norway. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1871-96
(Page cxxii) 51. Sweden. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1851-96
(Page cxxiii) 52. Austria. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1853-96
(Page cxxiv) 53. Hungary. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1866-96
(Page cxxv) 54. Switzerland. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1868-96
(Page cxxvi) 55. German Empire. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1872-96
(Page cxxvii) 56. Prussia. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1855-96
(Page cxxviii) 57. The Netherlands. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1853-96
(Page cxxix) 58. Belgium. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1853-96
(Page cxxx) 59. France. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1853-96
(Page cxxxi) 60. Spain. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1861-96
(Page cxxxii) 61. Italy. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1864-96
(257 pages) Abstracts
Abstracts(Pages 1-73) Births, deaths, and marriages
Births, deaths, and marriages(Pages 2-63) Births (distinguishing legitimate and illegitimate), deaths, and marriages registered in England, and in its registration divisions, counties, and districts; and births and deaths in sub-districts
Births (distinguishing legitimate and illegitimate), deaths, and marriages registered in England, and in its registration divisions, counties, and districts; and births and deaths in sub-districts(Pages 2-3) Summary of England, its divisions and counties
(Pages 4-7) London
(Pages 8-14) South Eastern division
(Pages 15-20) South Midland division
(Pages 20-25) Eastern division
(Pages 25-32) South Western division
(Pages 33-40) West Midland division
(Pages 40-44) North Midland division
(Pages 44-48) North Western division
(Pages 49-54) Yorkshire
(Pages 54-58) Northern division
(Pages 58-63) Welsh division
(Pages 64-67) Marriages, analysis of, in registration divisions and counties; showing, (a) mode of solemnization, (b) number in each quarter of the year, (c) previous civil condition of persons married, (d) marriages of persons not of full age, and (e) signatures in marriage register
(Pages 68-73) Ages of persons married, distinguishing ages of bachelors, spinsters, widowers, widows
(Pages 75-116) Deaths in workhouses, hospitals, lunatic and idiot asylums
Deaths in workhouses, hospitals, lunatic and idiot asylums(Pages 75-116) Deaths of males and females in public institutions
(Pages 117-127) Deaths of persons, males, and females, at different ages, in registration divisions and counties
Deaths of persons, males, and females, at different ages, in registration divisions and counties(Pages 117-127) Deaths of males and females at different age-periods, in registration divisions and counties
(Pages 129-236) Causes of death at different periods of life in England and in London. Causes of death in registration counties. Deaths from several causes in registration divisions, counties and districts. Violent deaths
Causes of death at different periods of life in England and in London. Causes of death in registration counties. Deaths from several causes in registration divisions, counties and districts. Violent deaths(Pages 130-145) Causes of death of males and females at different periods of life in England and Wales
(Pages 146-161) Causes of death of males and females at different periods of life in London
(Pages 162-201) Causes of death of males and females in each registration county
(Pages 202-236) Deaths from various diseases and groups of diseases, and inquest cases, in registration divisions, counties, and districts
(Pages 237-257) Violent deaths
Violent deaths(Pages 238-251) Deaths from accident and negligence in England and Wales, distinguishing sex, age, and cause or character of accident
(Pages 252-253) Deaths from suicide in England and Wales, distinguishing sex, age, and method
(Pages 254-255) Deaths from murder in England and Wales, distinguishing sex, age, and method
(Pages 256-257) Deaths from manslaughter in England and Wales, distinguishing sex, age, and method
(39 pages) Indices
Indices(Pages 258-278) Indexes of registration districts, of sub-districts, and of certain towns, referring to numbers used in the several tables of abstracts
(Pages 279-285) Changes in the constitution of registration districts and sub-districts
(Pages 286-296) General index to report and tables