Eighty-first annual report of the registrar-general
Table of Contents
(Pages i-vi) Title page & contents
(102 pages)
Report
Report(Pages vii-viii) Introductory remarks
Introductory remarks(Pages vii-viii) Salient features of the vital statistics of the year
(Pages ix-ciii) Review by Dr. Stevenson of the vital statistics of the year
Review by Dr. Stevenson of the vital statistics of the year(Pages ix-xi) Population
Population(Pages ix-x) Estimated civilian population by sex and age
(Page x) Estimated population for calculation of birth-rate and marriage-rate
(Pages x-xi) Estimated civil populations and "birth-rate" populations of separate localities
(Page xi) Consequent alterations in tables
(Pages xi-xxiii) Marriages
Marriages(Page xi) Number and rate
(Page xi) Changes in the marriage-rate
(Pages xi-xii) Methods of calculating marriage-rates
(Pages xii-xiii) First marriages and re-marriages
(Page xiii) The divorced
(Pages xiii-xvi) Age at marriage: Bachelors, spinsters, widowers, widows
(Pages xvi-xvii) Marriages of minors
Marriages of minors(Page xvii) Proportion to all marriages in registration counties
(Pages xvii-xviii) Mean age at marriage
(Pages xviii-xix) Changes in mean age
(Page xix) Fluctuations of marriage-rate in different sections of the country and in registration counties
(Pages xix-xxii) Geographical divisions employed (North, Midlands, South, Wales)
(Pages xxii-xxiii) Buildings in which marriages may be solemnized
(Page xxiii) Registered buildings under the operation of the marriage act, 1898
(Pages xxiii-xxvii) Births
Births(Page xxiii) Number and rate
(Pages xxiii-xxiv) Changes in the birth-rate
(Pages xxiv-xxv) Birth-rates in different classes of areas and parts of the country
(Pages xxv-xxvi) Sex proportions at birth
Sex proportions at birth(Pages xxv-xxvi) Seasonal incidence
(Pages xxvi-xxvii) Illegitimate births
(Page xxvii) Illegitimate birth-rates in different classes of areas and parts of the country
(Pages xxvii-xxviii) Natural increase
(Pages xxviii-liv) Deaths
Deaths(Page xxviii) Number and rate
(Page xxviii) Changes in the death-rate
(Page xxviii) Standardization of death-rates for differences of sex and age constitution between total populations and for differences of age constitution between sex populations
(Page xxviii) International standard death-rate
(Pages xxviii-xxix) Effect of influenza epidemic on total death-rate
(Pages xxix-xxx) Mortality of each sex: Male excess at various ages: Changes due to influenza epidemic
(Page xxx) Mortality at different ages
(Pages xxx-xxxi) Mortality of each sex at different ages excluding excess mortality from influenza and pneumonia
(Pages xxxi-xxxii) Death-rates at age 0-5: Standardized to allow for effect of falling birth-rate on estimates of child population
Death-rates at age 0-5: Standardized to allow for effect of falling birth-rate on estimates of child population(Pages xxxi-xxxii) Effect of influenza epidemic
(Pages xxxii-li) Infant mortality
Infant mortality(Page xxxii) Trend of mortality: Effect of influenza
(Pages xxxii-xxxiii) Measures of the mortality of infants
(Pages xxxiii-xxxiv) Diarrhoeal and non-diarrhoeal mortality
(Pages xxxiv-xxxviii) Distribution: Area in conjunction with sex, age, and cause
(Pages xxxviii-xl) In separate weeks and months, showing legitimacy for England and Wales
(Pages xl-xlv) In each county borough and aggregate of urban and rural districts in each administrative county: Infant mortality and mortality during first four weeks of life
(Pages xlv-li) Causes of infant mortality
Causes of infant mortality(Pages xlv-xlvi) Increase or decrease at various ages as compared with 1911-14 and 1917
(Pages xlvi-xlvii) Developmental and wasting diseases, 1886-1918
(Pages xlvii-xlviii) By sex, age, and legitimacy, 1918
(Pages xlviii-li) In different classes of areas and parts of the country: Infant mortality and mortality during first four weeks of life
(Pages li-liii) Mortality at ages 1-5
Mortality at ages 1-5(Pages li-lii) At each year of age
(Page lii) From various causes
(Pages lii-liii) Mortality at age 1-2 in different classes of areas and parts of the country
(Pages liii-liv) Mortality of the aged
(Page liv) Centenarians
(Pages lv-ciii) Causes of death
Causes of death(Page lv) Details shown for various areas
(Pages lv-lvi) Comparison of registrar-general's with international short list
(Pages lvi-lvii) Enteric fever
Enteric fever(Page lvi) Trend of mortality
(Pages lvi-lvii) Mortality in different classes of areas and parts of the country
(Page lvii) Mortality and prevalence in counties and county boroughs
(Pages lvii-lxi) Malaria
Malaria(Page lvii) Increase in number of deaths during latter part of war
(Pages lvii-lviii) Origin of malaria
(Page lviii) Deaths by sex in each year, 1881-90 and 1901-10
(Pages lviii-lx) Mortality from ague of each sex in registration counties, 1871-1890
(Pages lx-lxi) Deaths by sex, 1911-1918: Civilians and non-civilians, distinguished during war years
(Page lxi) Small-pox
(Pages lxi-lxii) Measles
Measles(Page lxi) Trend of mortality
(Pages lxi-lxii) Mortality in different classes of areas and parts of the country, 1916-18
(Page lxii) Mortality in counties and county boroughs
(Page lxii) Scarlet fever
Scarlet fever(Page lxii) Trend of mortality
(Page lxii) Mortality in counties and county boroughs
(Page lxii) Prevalence and fatality
(Pages lxii-lxiii) Whooping cough
Whooping cough(Pages lxiii-lxiv) Diphtheria and croup
Diphtheria and croup(Page lxiii) Trend of mortality
(Page lxiii) Mortality in different classes of areas and parts of the country
(Pages lxiii-lxiv) Prevalence and fatality
(Page lxiv) Mortality in counties and county boroughs
(Page lxiv) Influenza
Influenza(Page lxiv) Mortality in 1918 (see also special report on epidemic, 1918-19)
(Pages lxiv-lxv) Dysentery
Dysentery(Page lxiv) Analysis of increased mortality
(Pages lxiv-lxv) Deaths in asylums and hospitals
(Page lxv) Seasonal incidence
(Page lxv) Vaccinia
(Pages lxv-lxix) Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis(Page lxv) Trend of mortality
(Pages lxv-lxvii) Effect of influenza epidemic
(Pages lxvii-lxviii) Asylum mortality
(Page lxviii) Crude and standardized death-rates
(Pages lxviii-lxix) Mortality by sex and age
(Page lxix) Mortality in counties and county boroughs
(Pages lxix-lxx) Phthisis
Phthisis(Page lxix) The title more comprehensive than in old list
(Pages lxix-lxx) Crude and standardized death-rates
(Page lxx) Mortality by sex and age
(Page lxx) Change in age distribution of mortality
(Page lxxi) Tuberculous meningitis
Tuberculous meningitis(Page lxxi) Trend of mortality
(Page lxxi) Tubercle of the peritoneum and intestines
Tubercle of the peritoneum and intestines(Page lxxi) Trend of mortality
(Page lxxi) Syphilis
Syphilis(Page lxxi) Trend of mortality
(Pages lxxi-lxxvii) Cancer
Cancer(Page lxxi) Trend of mortality
(Pages lxxi-lxxii) Crude and standardized mortality
(Pages lxxii-lxxiii) Mortality by sex and age
(Pages lxxiii-lxxv) Sites of fatal cancer at ages in each sex
(Page lxxv) Mortality by sex and age from cancer of various parts of the body
(Pages lxxv-lxxvi) Frequency of fatal cancer of various sites in institutions and elsewhere, with distinction of sex and age
(Pages lxxvi-lxxvii) Age distribution of deaths from cancer of various sites in institutions and elsewhere
(Page lxxvii) Tumours (not returned as malignant)
Tumours (not returned as malignant)(Page lxxvii) Classification by sex, age, and part of the body affected
(Pages lxxviii-lxxix) Alcoholism
Alcoholism(Page lxxviii) The title less comprehensive than in old list
(Page lxxviii) Trend of mortality
(Pages lxxviii-lxxix) Alcoholism as a secondary cause of death
Alcoholism as a secondary cause of death(Pages lxxviii-lxxix) Classification of deaths by sex, age, and primary cause
(Page lxxix) Deaths from alcoholism and from the principal causes associated with it
(Pages lxxix-lxxx) Encephalitis
Encephalitis(Page lxxix) Trend of mortality
(Pages lxxix-lxxx) Encephalitis lethargica epidemic
(Page lxxx) Deaths by months from encephalitis lethargica and polioencephalitis, botulism, encephalitis, and poliomyelitis
(Pages lxxx-lxxxi) Cerebro-spinal fever
Cerebro-spinal fever(Pages lxxx-lxxxi) Trend of mortality
(Page lxxxi) Mortality in different classes of areas and parts of the country
(Pages lxxxi-lxxxiii) Poliomyelitis, polioencephalitis
Poliomyelitis, polioencephalitis(Pages lxxxi-lxxxii) New title in list: Less comprehensive than in text tables in previous reports
(Pages lxxxii-lxxxiii) Effect of encephalitis lethargica epidemic
(Page lxxxiii) Age distribution of deaths 1913-18
(Page lxxxiii) Seasonal incidence
(Page lxxxiii) Prevalence and fatality
(Pages lxxxiii-lxxxiv) Neuritis
Neuritis(Pages lxxxiv-lxxxviii) Pneumonia
Pneumonia(Page lxxxiv) Trend of mortality
(Page lxxxiv) Effect of influenza epidemic
(Pages lxxxiv-lxxxv) Female mortality: By quarters, 1911-18
(Pages lxxxv-lxxxvi) By age, 1913-18 and fourth quarters, 1913-18
(Pages lxxxvi-lxxxviii) Age distribution of female mortality from influenzal pneumonia, 1913-18
(Page lxxxviii) Mortality in different classes of areas and parts of the country
(Pages lxxxviii-lxxxix) Cirrhosis of the liver
Cirrhosis of the liver(Pages lxxxix-xcii) The puerperal state
The puerperal state(Page lxxxix) Trend of mortality
(Pages lxxxix-xc) Effect of influenza epidemic
(Pages xc-xci) Details of cause of death, distinguishing age
(Pages xci-xcii) Deaths at ages from various causes associated with pregnancy and childbearing
(Pages lxxxix-xciv) Anaesthetics
Anaesthetics(Pages lxxxix-xciii) Difference from former practice in tabulation
(Page xciii) Deaths connected with the administration of various anaesthetics, distinguishing sex and age
(Pages xciii-xciv) Conditions for which anaesthetics were administered
(Page xciv) Status lymphaticus
(Pages xcv-xcviii) Suicide
Suicide(Page xcv) Trend of mortality
(Pages xcv-xcvi) Mortality by sex and age
(Page xcvi) Seasonal incidence for separate sexes, 1911-18
(Page xcvi) Effect of end of war on female suicides
(Pages xcvi-xcviii) Methods of suicide
(Page xcviii) Suicide in different classes of areas and parts of the country
(Pages xcviii-xcix) Ill-defined causes of death
Ill-defined causes of death(Page xcviii) Deaths so classified and comparison with previous years
(Pages xcviii-xcix) Effects upon tabulation of the inquiries addressed to medical practitioners and coroners
(Pages xcix-c) Deaths in institutions for the sick or infirm
Deaths in institutions for the sick or infirm(Pages xcix-c) Proportion of total mortality occurring in various classes of institutions
(Pages c-cii) United Kingdom
United Kingdom(Page c) Population
(Pages c-ci) Marriages
(Page ci) Births
(Pages ci-cii) Deaths
(Page cii) Infant mortality
(Page cii) Births and deaths at sea
(Page cii) Progress of registration
(Pages cii-ciii) Offences against the registration acts
(Page ciii) Searches and certificates
(Pages civ-cviii) Meteorology of the year 1918
(66 pages) Tables
Tables(Pages cx-cxi) 1. United Kingdom: Population of its several divisions estimated to the middle of each of the years 1869-1918
(Page cxii) 2. England and Wales: Marriages, births, and deaths, 1838-1918
(Page cxiii) 3. Annual marriage-, birth-, and death-rates and infant mortality, 1838-1918
(Page cxiv) 4. Annual marriage-, birth-, and crude death-rates in each quarter in groups of years, 1838-1918, and in each year, 1909-1918
(Page cxiv) 5. Churches and chapels of the Established Church and registered buildings in which marriages could be legally solemnized, 31st December, 1918
(Page cxv) 6. Annual death-rates at twelve groups of ages, general death-rate standardized for sex and age constitution of population, and infant mortality, 1838-1918 males
(Page cxvi) 7. Annual death-rates at twelve groups of ages, general death-rate standardized for sex and age constitution of population, and infant mortality, 1838-1918 females
(Page cxvii) 8. Annual death-rates at twelve groups of ages, general death-rate standardized for sex and age constitution of population, and infant mortality, 1838-1918 persons
(Pages cxviii-cxxvii) 9. Deaths from various causes at all ages, 1904-1918 males, females, and persons (list of causes as in use prior to 1911)
(Pages cxxviii-cxxxvii) 10. Crude annual death-rates from various causes at all ages to a million living, 1904-1918 males, females, and persons (list of causes as in use prior to 1911)
(Pages cxxxviii-cxlii) 11. Crude death-rates at all ages from various causes, 1918 males, females, and persons (international list of causes)
(Page cxliii) 12. Annual death-rates from the principal epidemic diseases, 1838-1918
(Pages cxliv-cxlviii) 13. Administrative counties and county boroughs: Mortality from the principal epidemic diseases and from certain other causes, 1917 and 1918
(Page cxlix) 14. Deaths from various causes under one year of age, 1904-1918
(Page cl) 15. Infant mortality from various causes, 1904-1918
(Pages cli-clii) 16. Infant mortality by sex, age, cause, and legitimacy, 1918
(Pages cliii-clvii) 17. Infant mortality by age, cause, and legitimacy, 1918 classes of administrative areas
(Pages clviii-clix) 18. Infant mortality in different parts of England and Wales, 1918
(Page clx) 19. Names on the registers. Searches, and fees received at the general register office, 1869 1918
(Page clxi) 20. Islands in the British Seas. Area and population; and births and deaths, 1894-1918
(Page clxi) 21. Balance inward or outward on passenger movement into and out of the United Kingdom, 1899-1918
(Pages clxii-clxiii) 22. United Kingdom and its several divisions. Vital statistics, 1894-1918
(Pages clxiv-clxv) 23. Meteorological elements, Greenwich, 1869-1918
(Pages clxvi-clxvii) 24. Meteorological elements, Greenwich, quarterly, 1918
(Pages clxviii-clxix) 25. Meteorological table for London, 1918
(Pages clxx-clxxiii) 26. Meteorological elements at several stations, 1918
(450 pages) Abstracts
Abstracts(Pages 1-18) Marriages
Marriages(Pages 1-3) In registration counties and districts
(Pages 4-14) In England and Wales
In England and Wales(Page 4) Civil condition of persons married at each year of age
(Page 5) Of divorced persons
(Pages 6-14) Ages in combination
Ages in combination(Pages 15-18) In England and Wales and registration counties by age and condition
(Pages 19-51) Estimated "birth-rate" population and civil population, births (legitimate and illegitimate), birth-rate, deaths, crude death-rate and infant mortality in greater London, in each administrative area and in summarized areas
(Pages 52-450) Deaths
Deaths(Pages 52-56) Of all infants and of illegitimate infants in various portions of the first year of life; and mortality (per 1, 000 births) of the first four weeks and of the first year of life in administrative areas, 1918
(Page 57) By sex, and for females by condition as to marriage, at each year of age
(Pages 58-71) By sex and age
By sex and age(Pages 58-59) Greater London and Metropolitan boroughs
(Pages 60-64) County boroughs
(Pages 65-71) Urban and rural portions of counties
(Pages 72-173) From various causes by sex and age
From various causes by sex and age(Pages 72-101) England and Wales
(Pages 102-119) London
(Pages 120-137) County boroughs
(Pages 138-155) Other urban districts
(Pages 156-173) Rural districts
(Pages 174-191) In each quarter of the year, distinguishing sex and cause, in different classes of area
(Page 192) Of non-civilians in England and Wales, distinguishing age and cause
(Pages 193-207) In various classes of institutions, distinguishing cause and place of occurrence
(Pages 208-335) By sex and short list of causes and ages
By sex and short list of causes and ages(Pages 208-218) Summarized areas
(Pages 219-233) Greater London and Metropolitan boroughs
(Pages 234-274) County boroughs
(Pages 275-335) Urban and rural portions of counties
Urban and rural portions of counties(Page 275) Bedfordshire
(Page 276) Berkshire
(Page 277) Buckinghamshire
(Page 278) Cambridgeshire
(Page 279) Cheshire
(Page 280) Cornwall
(Page 281) Cumberland
(Page 282) Derbyshire
(Page 283) Devonshire
(Page 284) Dorsetshire
(Page 285) Durham
(Page 286) Isle of Ely
(Page 287) Essex
(Page 288) Gloucestershire
(Page 289) Herefordshire
(Page 290) Hertfordshire
(Page 291) Huntingdonshire
(Page 292) Kent
(Page 293) Lancashire
(Page 294) Leicestershire
(Pages 295-297) Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire(Page 298) Middlesex
(Page 299) Monmouthshire
(Page 300) Norfolk
(Page 301) Northamptonshire
(Page 302) Northumberland
(Page 303) Nottinghamshire
(Page 304) Oxfordshire
(Page 305) Peterborough, Soke of
(Page 306) Rutlandshire
(Page 307) Shropshire
(Page 308) Somersetshire
(Page 309) Southampton
(Page 310) Staffordshire
(Page 311) Suffolk, East
(Page 312) Suffolk, West
(Page 313) Surrey
(Page 314) Sussex, East
(Page 315) Sussex, West
(Page 316) Warwickshire
(Page 317) Westmorland
(Page 318) Wight, Isle of
(Page 319) Wiltshire
(Page 320) Worcestershire
(Pages 321-323) Yorkshire
Yorkshire(Page 324) Anglesey
(Page 325) Brecknockshire
(Page 326) Cardiganshire
(Page 327) Carmarthenshire
(Page 328) Carnarvonshire
(Page 329) Denbighshire
(Page 330) Flintshire
(Page 331) Glamorganshire
(Page 332) Merionethshire
(Page 333) Montgomeryshire
(Page 334) Pembrokeshire
(Page 335) Radnorshire
(Pages 336-434) By sex and short list of causes in administrative areas
By sex and short list of causes in administrative areas(Page 336) Bedfordshire
(Page 337) Berkshire
(Pages 338-339) Buckinghamshire
(Page 339) Cambridgeshire
(Pages 339-342) Cheshire
(Pages 342-345) Cornwall
(Pages 345-346) Cumberland
(Pages 346-349) Derbyshire
(Pages 349-351) Devonshire
(Pages 351-353) Dorsetshire
(Pages 353-355) Durham
(Pages 355-356) Isle of Ely
(Pages 356-359) Essex
(Pages 359-361) Gloucestershire
(Pages 361-362) Herefordshire
(Pages 362-363) Hertfordshire
(Pages 364-365) Huntingdonshire
(Pages 365-368) Kent
(Pages 368-375) Lancashire
(Pages 375-376) Leicestershire
(Pages 376-379) Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire(Pages 379-381) Middlesex
(Pages 381-383) Monmouthshire
(Pages 383-385) Norfolk
(Pages 385-386) Northamptonshire
(Pages 386-388) Northumberland
(Pages 388-389) Nottinghamshire
(Pages 390-391) Oxfordshire
(Page 391) Peterborough, Soke of
(Page 391) Rutlandshire
(Pages 391-393) Shropshire
(Pages 393-395) Somersetshire
(Pages 395-397) Southampton
(Pages 397-400) Staffordshire
(Pages 400-401) Suffolk, East
(Pages 401-402) Suffolk, West
(Pages 402-405) Surrey
(Pages 405-406) Sussex, East
(Pages 406-407) Sussex, West
(Pages 407-408) Warwickshire
(Pages 408-409) Westmorland
(Page 409) Wight, Isle of
(Pages 410-411) Wiltshire
(Pages 411-413) Worcestershire
(Pages 413-425) Yorkshire
Yorkshire(Page 425) Anglesey
(Pages 425-426) Brecknockshire
(Pages 426-427) Cardiganshire
(Pages 427-428) Carmarthenshire
(Pages 428-429) Carnarvonshire
(Pages 429-430) Denbighshire
(Page 430) Flintshire
(Pages 430-432) Glamorganshire
(Pages 432-433) Merionethshire
(Page 433) Montgomeryshire
(Pages 433-434) Pembrokeshire
(Page 434) Radnorshire
(Pages 435-446) Deaths from accident, negligence, battle, and execution in England and Wales, distinguishing age, and cause or nature of accident; males and females
(Pages 447-448) Deaths from suicide in England and Wales, distinguishing age and method; males and females
(Page 449) Deaths from murder in England and Wales, distinguishing age and method; males and females
(Page 450) Deaths from manslaughter and justifiable homicide in England and Wales, distinguishing age and method; males and females