Thirty-seventh annual report of the registrar-general
Table of Contents
(Pages i-iv) Title page & contents
(94 pages)
Report
Report(Pages v-vii) General review of facts for the year
(Pages vii-viii) Emigration from the United Kingdom
(Page viii) Increase of population and influence of emigration thereon
(Pages viii-ix) Meteorology at Greenwich; prices of wheat, meat and potatoes; and pauperism
(Pages x-xiv) Marriages. Number celebrated according and not according to the rites of the Established Church; conditions of persons married; ages of persons married; marriages of minors; signatures of marriage registers; educational condition of different counties, as shown by the signatures of marriage registers; buildings registered for the solemnization of marriages; certified places of worship; designations of religious bodies
(Pages xiv-xv) Births. Number registered; birth-rate; sex; children born in and out of wedlock
(Pages xv-xxiv) Deaths. Number registered; death-rate; sex; age; mortality of males and females at various ages; seasons; locality; death-rate of children under five years of age, and under one year of age; deaths in public institutions
(Pages xxiv-xxv) Progress of registration. Aggregate number of names on the registers, particulars as to the alphabetical index to the names, and number of searches in the registers and of certificates granted at the central office
(Page xxv) United Kingdom. Population, emigration, marriage, birth, and death rates
(Pages xxv-xxvi) The army. Strength and mortality of the army at home and abroad
(Page xxvi) The navy. Strength and mortality of the navy
(Pages xxvii-xxviii) Births and deaths of British subjects at sea; marine register book; mortality by drowning in the merchant service compared with that in the royal navy
(Page xxviii) Wills. Calendars of grants of probate and administration kept at the general register office; numbers and values of probates and administrations
(Pages xxviii-xxxi) European states. Marriage, birth, and death rates; and density and proximity of population
(Pages xxxii-xxxiv) Meteorology; remarks by James Glaisher, Esq., F. R. S
(Pages xxxv-xcviii) Preliminary tables
Preliminary tables(Page xxxvi) 1. Estimated population, and number of marriages, births, and deaths registered in England in each of the thirty-seven years 1838-74
(Page xxxvii) 2. Proportion of persons married, births, and deaths to the population of England, in each of the thirty-seven years 1838-74
(Page xxxviii) 3. Marriages in England in each of the thirty-four years 1841-74
(Page xxxix) 4. Marriages in England in the thirty-four years 1841-1874, civil conditions of persons married; number of minors married; and of persons who signed the marriage register with marks
(Page xl) 5. Marriages in England, and annual rate of persons married per 1000 living, in each quarter of the thirty-seven years 1838-74
(Page xli) 6. Marriages in England. The proportion per cent. of minors of each sex, of males and females who signed the register with marks, and of persons who were widowers and widows, in each of the thirty-four years 1841-74
(Page xlii) 7. Persons married to 1000 persons living in the several counties of England during each of the eleven years 1864-74
(Page xliii) 8. Proportional numbers of persons married in the several counties of England during the year 1874; of persons, who signed the register with marks; of persons not of full age; and of re-marriages
(Page xliv) 9. Number of buildings registered for the solemnization of marriages, and on the register on 31st December 1874; classified according to the several Christian denominations by whom they were registered
(Page xlv) 10. Marriages of divorced men and women in each of the fourteen years 1861-1874, and the districts in which they were celebrated in 1874
(Page xlvi) 11. Legitimate and illegitimate births in England in the years 1838-1874; proportion of males to females born
(Page xlvii) 12. Proportion of illegitimate children to every 100 births in the several counties of England in each of the eleven years 1864-74
(Page xlviii) 13. Number and annual rate per 1000 living, of births in England during each quarter of the thirty-seven years 1838-74
(Page xlix) 14. Proportional number of births in each quarter to 1000 births in the average quarter of each of the thirty-seven years 1838-74
(Page l) 15. Number and proportion of male and female children born in and out of wedlock in several counties of England during the year 1874
(Page li) 16. Proportion of male and female children born in the several counties of England in each of the eleven years, 1864-74
(Page lii) 17. Births to 1000 persons living in the several counties of England during each of the eleven years, 1864-74
(Page liii) 18. Estimated population and annual rate of mortality of males and of females in England, in each of the thirty-seven years 1838-74; and proportion of deaths of males to those of females
(Page liv) 19. Deaths of 69 persons (16 males and 53 females) returned as aged 100 years and upwards in England and Wales during the year 1874
(Page lv) 20. England. Deaths registered at different ages in each of the thirty-seven years 1838-74. Males
(Page lvi) 21. England. Deaths registered at twelve groups of ages in each of the thirty-seven years 1838-74. Females
(Page lvii) 22. England. Mortality per 1000 at different ages in thirty-seven years 1838-74. Males
(Page lviii) 23. England. Annual rates of mortality per 1000 of males living at twelve groups of ages in each of the thirty-seven years 1838-74
(Page lix) 24. England. Mortality per 1000 at different ages in thirty-seven years 1838-74. Females
(Page lx) 25. England. Annual rates of mortality per 1000 of females living at twelve groups of ages in each of the thirty-seven years 1838-74
(Page lxi) 26. England. Annual rate of mortality per 1000 of persons, males and females, living at twelve groups of age, in each of the registration divisions, during 1874
(Page lxii) 27. England. Annual rate of mortality per 1000 persons, living at twelve groups of age, in each of the registration counties, during 1874
(Page lxiii) 28. Number, and annual rate per 1000 persons living, of deaths in England during each quarter of the thirty-seven years 1838-74
(Page lxiv) 29. Proportional number of deaths in each quarter to 1000 deaths in the average quarter of each of the thirty-seven years 1838-74
(Page lxv) 30. Death to 1000 persons living in the several counties of England during each of the eleven years, 1864-74
(Page lxvi) 31. Annual rate of mortality per 1000 in town and county districts of England in each quarter of the eleven years 1864-1874
(Page lxvi) 32. Average annual rate of mortality to 1000 of the population in England and its 11 registration divisions in the two decades 1851-60 and 1861-70, in the year 1874, and in each quarter of that year
(Page lxvii) 33. The average prices of consols of wheat, of meat, and of potatoes, and also the average number of paupers relieved on the last day of the week, in each of the twenty-three years 1852-74, and in each quarter of the ten years 1865-1874
(Page lxviii) 34. Mean temperature at the royal observatory, Greenwich, and annual rates of mortality per 1000 persons living in twenty-one large towns of the United Kingdom, in each week of 1874
(Page lxix) 35. Population; births and deaths; and rates of mortality, during the year 1874 in fifty large town districts
(Page lxx) 36. Population; persons to an acre; births and deaths; annual birth and death rates; mean temperature and rainfall, in the year 1874, in London and twenty other large towns of the United Kingdom
(Page lxx) 37. London. Deaths in public institutions in the 52 or 53 weeks of the thirteen years 1862-74
(Page lxxi) 38. London. Population, births, deaths, and rate of mortality in the thirteen years 1862 to 1874
(Page lxxii) 39. London. Annual rate of mortality in each of the 35 years 1840-1874
(Page lxxiii) 40. London. Deaths and meteorology in the thirty-five years 1840-74
(Pages lxxiv-lxxv) 41. Mean annual value of meteorological elements in the year 1874. By James Glaisher, Esq., F. R. S
(Pages lxxvi-lxxvii) 42. Mean annual value of meteorological elements in the year 1874 for different parallels of latitude
(Pages lxxvi-lxxvii) 43. Meteorology of Greenwich in the twenty-six years 1849-1874
(Page lxxviii) 44. Aggregate number of names on the register at the end of each of the thirty-eight years 1837-74; also the number of searches in the registers at the central office (exclusive of searches in non-parochial registers), and the total amount of fees received for all searches and certificates
(Page lxxix) 45. Area, estimated population, and marriages, births, and deaths registered in the United Kingdom, in the year 1874
(Page lxxix) 46. Proportion per 1000 of marriages, births, and deaths to the population of the United Kingdom in the year 1874
(Page lxxx) 47. Population, area, births, and deaths in the Islands in the British Seas in the twenty-four years 1851-1874
(Page lxxxi) 48. Emigration in each of the sixty years from 1815 to 1874 inclusive
(Page lxxxii) 49. Emigration in 1874
(Pages lxxxii-lxxxiii) 50. Occupation, sex, and general destination of the emigrants in 1874
(Page lxxxiv) 51. Average strength of the army at home, in the year 1873
(Page lxxxiv) 52. Average strength of the English army in each of the thirteen years 1862-74, and its distribution in different parts of the United Kingdom and abroad
(Page lxxxiv) 53. Average strength, deaths, and annual rate of mortality per 1000 of the army in the United Kingdom in 1874
(Page lxxxv) 54. Average strength of the British army abroad in each of the years 1871-74
(Page lxxxv) 55. Number of deaths in the British army during each of the four years 1871-1874
(Page lxxxv) 56. Annual rate of mortality per 1000 amongst the officers and non-commissioned officers and men in the army abroad, in each of the seventeen years 1858-74
(Page lxxxvi) 57. Nationality of the army serving at home and abroad in 1861 and 1871
(Page lxxxvi) 58. Deaths of officers and men in the army abroad, and estimated numbers belonging to Great Britain and to England and Wales, in each of the seventeen years 1858-1874
(Page lxxxvii) 59. Number of births and deaths of British subjects at sea, in each of the nineteen years 1856-1874
(Page lxxxviii) 60. Mortality of merchant seamen at sea, in the twenty-three years 1852-74
(Page lxxxix) 61. Return of the ages, ratings, and causes of death of 4602 seamen reported to the board of trade as having died in the British merchant service in 1874
(Pages xc-xci) 62. Population of the United Kingdom estimated to the middle of each of the seventy-six years 1801-76, exclusive of the population of the Islands in the British Seas, and of the portions of the army, navy, and merchant seamen abroad
(Page xcii) 63. Estimated population of the United Kingdom, (including Islands in the British Seas) with army, navy, and merchant seamen abroad belonging thereto
(Page xcii) 64. Logarithms of the above population of the United Kingdom
(Page xciii) 65. Proportions of persons married, births, and deaths per 1000 of the population in England and Wales, and in Denmark, Sweden, Austria, Prussia, the Netherlands, France, Spain, and Italy
(Page xciv) 66. England and Wales. Population; number, and proportion per 1000, of persons married, births, and deaths, in each of the years 1853 to 1874
(Page xciv) 67. Denmark (the kingdom properly so called). Population; number, and proportion per 1000, of persons married, births, and deaths, in each of the years 1850 to 1874
(Page xcv) 68. Sweden. Population; number, and proportion per 1000, of persons married, births, and deaths, in each of the years 1850 to 1874
(Page xcv) 69. Austria. Population; number, and proportion per 1000, of persons married, births, and deaths, in each of the years 1853 to 1874
(Page xcvi) 70. Prussia. Population; number, and proportion per 1000, of persons married, births, and deaths, in each of the years 1853 to 1874
(Page xcvi) 71. The Netherlands. Population; number, and proportion per 1000, of persons married, births, and deaths, in each of the years 1853 to 1874
(Page xcvii) 72. France. Population; number, and proportion per 1000, of persons married, births, and deaths, in each of the years 1853 to 1874
(Page xcvii) 73. Spain. Population; number, and proportion per 1000, of persons married, births, and deaths, in each of the ten years 1861 to 1870
(Page xcviii) 74. Italy (inclusive of Venetia). Population; number, and proportion per 1000, of persons married, births, and deaths, in each of the years 1863 to 1874
(Page xcviii) 75. Changes in the constitution of the superintendent registrars' districts and registration sub-districts during the year 1874
(216 pages) Abstracts
Abstracts(Pages 1-28) Marriages
Marriages(Pages 2-25) Marriages registered in England in each of the registration divisions and counties, and districts; distinguishing those according and those not according to the rites of the Established Church; in each quarter of the year; and distinguishing also persons married according to their conjugal condition, minority, and signature of the register by marks
(Pages 26-28) Ages of persons married, distinguishing those of bachelors, spinsters, widowers, widows
(Pages 29-84) Marriages, in the divisions, counties, and districts of England, in the year 1874. Births and deaths, in the divisions, counties, districts, and sub-districts of England, in the year 1874
Marriages, in the divisions, counties, and districts of England, in the year 1874. Births and deaths, in the divisions, counties, districts, and sub-districts of England, in the year 1874(Pages 30-84) Marriages, births, and deaths registered, and excess of births over deaths, in each of the divisions, counties, and districts; also births and deaths and excess of births over deaths in each of the sub-districts of England; distinguishing the sexes and illegitimate births throughout
Marriages, births, and deaths registered, and excess of births over deaths, in each of the divisions, counties, and districts; also births and deaths and excess of births over deaths in each of the sub-districts of England; distinguishing the sexes and illegitimate births throughout(Pages 30-31) Summary of England and Wales
(Pages 32-40) Counties and districts
Counties and districts(Page 32) London
(Pages 32-33) South Eastern counties
(Pages 33-34) South Midland counties
(Pages 34-35) Eastern counties
(Pages 35-36) South Western counties
(Pages 36-37) West Midland counties
(Pages 37-38) North Midland counties
(Page 38) North Western counties
(Pages 38-39) Yorkshire
(Page 39) Northern counties
(Page 40) Monmouthshire and Wales
(Pages 41-84) Counties, districts and sub-districts
Counties, districts and sub-districts(Pages 41-43) London
(Pages 43-49) South Eastern counties
(Pages 49-53) South Midland counties
(Pages 53-57) Eastern counties
(Pages 57-62) South Western counties
(Pages 62-68) West Midland counties
(Pages 68-71) North Midland counties
(Pages 71-74) North Western counties
(Pages 74-78) Yorkshire
(Pages 79-81) Northern counties
(Pages 81-84) Monmouthshire and Wales
(Pages 85-97) Births, illegitimate births, and deaths, registered in each of the four quarters of the year 1874, in divisions and counties
Births, illegitimate births, and deaths, registered in each of the four quarters of the year 1874, in divisions and counties(Pages 86-89) Births registered in the divisions and counties (distinguishing males and females) in each of the four quarters
(Pages 90-93) Births of children born out of wedlock registered in the divisions and counties (distinguishing males and females) in each of the four quarters
(Pages 94-97) Deaths registered in divisions and counties (distinguishing males and females) in each of the four quarters
(Pages 99-118) Deaths in public institutions, 1874
Deaths in public institutions, 1874(Pages 99-118) Deaths of males and females in public institutions
(Pages 119-141) Deaths at different ages, 1874, in divisions, counties, and districts, distinguishing, males and females
Deaths at different ages, 1874, in divisions, counties, and districts, distinguishing, males and females(Pages 120-141) Deaths of males and females at different ages registered in divisions, counties, and districts
(Pages 143-216) Causes of death at different ages in England and London. Causes of death in divisions and counties. Deaths from several causes in divisions, counties, and districts. Violent deaths
Causes of death at different ages in England and London. Causes of death in divisions and counties. Deaths from several causes in divisions, counties, and districts. Violent deaths(Pages 144-149) Causes of death of males and females in England at different periods of life
(Pages 150-153) Supplementary table of causes of death of males and females in England at different periods of life
(Pages 154-159) Causes of death of males and females in London at different periods of life
(Pages 160-183) Causes of death of males and females in England, and in each of the divisions and counties
(Pages 184-195) Deaths from several zymotic and other causes, and inquest cases, in the divisions, counties, and districts of England
(Pages 196-201) Violent deaths in England, distinguishing sex and age
(Pages 202-206) Violent deaths in each of the eleven divisions of England, distinguishing sex
(Pages 207-208) Deaths returned as having occurred from suicide in England, distinguishing sex and age
(Pages 209-210) Deaths returned as having occurred from suicide in each of the eleven divisions of England, distinguishing sex
(Pages 211-212) Deaths returned as having occurred from murder and infanticide in England, distinguishing sex and age
(Page 213) Deaths returned as having occurred from murder and infanticide in each of the eleven divisions of England, distinguishing sex
(Pages 214-215) Deaths returned as having occurred from manslaughter in England, distinguishing sex and age
(Page 216) Deaths returned as having occurred from manslaughter in each of the eleven divisions of England, distinguishing sex
(42 pages) Appendix
Appendix(Page 218) Contents of appendix
(Pages 219-224) Letter to the registrar-general on the causes of death in England, by William Farr, Esq., M. D., F. R. S
Letter to the registrar-general on the causes of death in England, by William Farr, Esq., M. D., F. R. S(Pages 219-224) Causes of death
Causes of death(Pages 219-221) (1) zymotic diseases
(Pages 221-222) (2) constitutional diseases
(Page 222) (3) local diseases
(Page 222) (4) developmental diseases
(Pages 222-224) (5) violence
(Pages 225-258) Tables
Tables(Pages 225-253) Tables (miscellaneous)
(Pages 254-258) Table of causes of death in England in 1874, classified in accordance with the nomenclature drawn up by a committee appointed by the Royal College of Physicians of London
(30 pages) Indices
Indices(Pages 259-273) Index of districts, sub-districts, and of certain towns, referring to numbers used in the several tables of abstracts
(Pages 274-288) Alphabetical index to report, tables, and appendix