Seventy-sixth annual report of the registrar-general
Table of Contents
(Pages i-vi) Title page & contents
(2 pages)
Introductory remarks
Introductory remarks(Pages vii-viii) Salient features of the vital statistics of the year
(77 pages) Review by Dr. Stevenson of the vital statistics of the year
Review by Dr. Stevenson of the vital statistics of the year(Page ix) Population
Population(Page ix) Census and estimated
(Page ix) Factors for estimating
(Page ix) Need for revision of estimate
(Pages ix-xiv) Marriages
Marriages(Page ix) Number
(Page ix) Changes in the marriage-rate
(Pages ix-x) Methods of calculating marriage-rates
(Pages x-xi) Proportions of first marriages and re-marriages in 1000 marriages, 1876-1913
Proportions of first marriages and re-marriages in 1000 marriages, 1876-1913(Pages x-xi) Marriages of bachelors, spinsters, widowers, and widows of various ages per 1000 marriages at all ages, 1886-1913
(Page xi) The divorced
The divorced(Page xi) Average annual number of divorced persons who re-married, 1876-1913
(Pages xi-xii) Marriages of minors
Marriages of minors(Pages xi-xii) Minors married per 1000 marriages at all ages, 1876-1913
(Pages xii-xiii) Mean age at marriage
Mean age at marriage(Pages xii-xiii) Mean ages of men and of women at marriage, 1896-1913
(Page xiii) Signature in marriage register
(Pages xiii-xiv) Buildings in which marriage may be solemnized
(Page xiv) Manner of solemnization
(Pages xiv-xix) Births
Births(Page xiv) Number
(Page xiv) Changes in the birth-rate
(Pages xiv-xv) Age and marital condition of women in relation to birth-rate, 1871-1911
(Page xv) Factors influencing the fall in birth-rate, 1876-80 to 1913
(Page xv) Fertility in different classes of area and parts of the country
(Pages xv-xvii) Geographical divisions employed (North, Midlands, South, Wales)
(Page xvii) Sex proportions at birth
(Page xvii) Illegitimate births
(Pages xvii-xviii) Illegitimate birth-rates and fertility, 1876-1913
Illegitimate birth-rates and fertility, 1876-1913(Page xviii) In different classes of area and parts of the country, 1913
(Pages xviii-xix) Natural increase
Natural increase(Pages xviii-xix) Per 1000 living, 1876-1913
(Page xix) In different classes of area and parts of the country, 1913
(Pages xix-xxxiii) Deaths
Deaths(Page xix) Number
(Page xix) Changes in death-rate
(Pages xix-xx) Standardization of death-rates for differences of sex-and age-constitution
(Page xx) Standardization for differences of age-constitution between the sexes
(Pages xx-xxi) Mortality of each sex
Mortality of each sex(Pages xx-xxi) Male excess at various ages
(Page xxi) Mortality at different ages
(Pages xxi-xxvii) Infant mortality in 1913 and other recent years
Infant mortality in 1913 and other recent years(Pages xxi-xxii) In different classes of area and parts of the country, 1913
(Pages xxii-xxiii) Mortality in early childhood and survivors at ages 1, 2, and 5 years
(Pages xxiii-xxiv) Combined effect of fertility and mortality effective fertility
(Pages xxiv-xxvii) Causes of infant mortality
Causes of infant mortality(Pages xxiv-xxv) Increase or reduction at various ages as compared with 1908-12 and 1912
(Pages xxv-xxvi) Infant mortality from developmental and wasting diseases, 1886-1913
(Pages xxvi-xxvii) Relation to sex and legitimacy in different classes of area and parts of the country
(Pages xxvii-xxviii) Centenarians
(Pages xxviii-xxxi) Mortality in town and country
Mortality in town and country(Pages xxviii-xxix) Crude and standardized death-rates in different classes of area
(Pages xxix-xxxi) Mortality by sex and age in different classes of area
(Page xxxi) Comparison at ages of mortality in each sex by class of area
(Pages xxxi-xxxiii) Mortality in different parts of the country
(Pages xxxii-xxxiii) Causes of death
Causes of death(Page xxxii) Details shown for various areas
(Pages xxxii-xxxiii) Comparison of registrar-general's with international short list
(Pages xxxiii-xxxiv) Enteric fever
Enteric fever(Pages xxxiii-xxxiv) Diminution in mortality
(Page xxxiv) Mortality, prevalence and fatality in different classes of area and parts of the country
(Pages xxxiv-xxxv) Small-pox
(Page xxxv) Measles
Measles(Page xxxv) Mortality in different classes of area and parts of the country
(Pages xxxv-xxxvii) Scarlet fever
Scarlet fever(Pages xxxv-xxxvi) Trend of mortality
(Page xxxvi) Mortality, prevalence, and fatality in different classes of area and parts of the country
(Pages xxxvi-xxxvii) Fatality experience of metropolitan asylums board
(Pages xxxvii-xxxviii) Whooping cough
Whooping cough(Page xxxvii) Trend of recent mortality
(Pages xxxvii-xxxviii) Mortality in different classes of area and parts of the country
(Pages xxxviii-xl) Diphtheria and croup
Diphtheria and croup(Page xxxviii) Trend of mortality
(Pages xxxviii-xxxix) Standardization of death-rates for different classes of area and parts of the country
(Page xxxix) Effect of new standardization upon sex comparison
(Page xxxix) Variations in age distribution of mortality
(Pages xxxix-xl) Mortality, prevalence, and fatality in different classes of area and parts of the country
(Page xl) Fatality experience of metropolitan asylums board
(Pages xl-xli) Influenza
Influenza(Pages xl-xli) Trend of mortality
(Page xli) Mortality in different classes of area and parts of the country
(Pages xli-xlii) Erysipelas
Erysipelas(Page xli) Trend of mortality
(Pages xli-xlii) Mortality, prevalence, and fatality in different classes of area and parts of the country
(Page xlii) Vaccinia
(Pages xlii-xliii) Tetanus
Tetanus(Pages xliii-xliv) Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis(Page xliii) Trend of mortality in recent years
(Page xliii) Mortality (crude and standardized) in different classes of area
(Pages xliii-xliv) Effect of urbanization on mortality in each sex
(Pages xliv-xlvii) Phthisis
Phthisis(Page xliv) The title more comprehensive than in old list
(Page xliv) Mortality (crude and standardized) in different classes of area
(Pages xliv-xlv) Effect of urbanization on mortality
(Pages xlv-xlvi) Mortality by sex and age in different classes of area
(Pages xlvi-xlvii) Mortality at all ages and over 65 years in different classes of area and parts of the country
(Pages xlvii-xlviii) Tuberculous meningitis
Tuberculous meningitis(Page xlvii) Trend of mortality
(Pages xlvii-xlviii) Mortality at ages under 15 years in different classes of area and parts of the country
(Pages xlviii-l) Tuberculosis of the peritoneum and intestines
Tuberculosis of the peritoneum and intestines(Pages xlviii-xlix) Trend of mortality
(Pages xlix-l) Mortality by sex at all ages and under 5 years in different classes of area
(Page l) Other tuberculous diseases
(Pages l-lxii) Cancer
Cancer(Pages l-li) Crude and standardized mortality in different classes of area
(Pages li-lii) Mortality by sex and age in different classes of area
(Page lii) Mortality in each sex at certain ages in different classes of area and parts of the country
(Pages lii-liii) Comparison of mortality in each sex at certain ages in different classes of area and parts of the country
(Pages liii-lv) Sites of fatal cancer at ages in each sex
(Page lv) Proportion of death's in institutions from cancer of various sites
(Pages lv-lvi) Mortality by sex and age of cancer of various parts of the body
(Pages lvi-lvii) Comparison of the frequency of cancer of various sites in institutions and elsewhere, with distinction of sex and age
(Pages lvii-lviii) Age distribution of mortality from cancer of various sites in institutions and elsewhere
(Pages lviii-lx) Influence of marital condition upon mortality from cancer of the female mammary and genital organs
(Pages lx-lxii) Forms and complications of cancer
(Pages lxii-lxiii) Tumours (not returned as malignant)
Tumours (not returned as malignant)(Pages lxii-lxiii) Classification by sex, age, and part of the body affected
(Page lxiii) Osteo-arthritis
Osteo-arthritis(Pages lxiii-lxvi) Diabetes mellitus
Diabetes mellitus(Pages lxiii-lxiv) Mortality (crude and standardized) in different classes of area
(Pages lxiv-lxv) Mortality by sex and age in different classes of area
(Pages lxv-lxvi) Age-incidence of mortality in different classes of area
(Pages lxvi-lxvii) Alcoholism
Alcoholism(Page lxvi) The title less comprehensive than in old list
(Pages lxvi-lxvii) Alcoholism as a secondary cause of death
Alcoholism as a secondary cause of death(Pages lxvi-lxvii) Classification of deaths by sex, age, and primary cause
(Pages lxvii-lxix) Meningitis
Meningitis(Page lxvii) Trend of mortality
(Pages lxvii-lxviii) Increased mortality from cerebro-spinal fever
(Page lxviii) Seasonal distribution of mortality
(Pages lxviii-lxix) Mortality by sex and age in different classes of area
(Page lxix) Age incidence of mortality
(Pages lxix-lxx) Poliomyelitis
(Pages lxx-lxxi) Pneumonia (all forms)
Pneumonia (all forms)(Pages lxx-lxxi) Mortality in different classes of area and parts of the country
(Page lxxi) Proportion of the mortality from pneumonia in each quarter of the year
(Pages lxxi-lxxiv) Appendicitis
Appendicitis(Pages lxxi-lxxii) Age incidence of mortality
(Page lxxii) Comparison with mortality from diarrhoeal diseases
(Page lxxii) Seasonal distribution of mortality
(Pages lxxii-lxxiii) Mortality by sex (crude and standardized) in different classes of area
(Pages lxxiii-lxxiv) Mortality by sex and age in different classes of area
(Pages lxxiv-lxxvi) The puerperal state
The puerperal state(Pages lxxiv-lxxv) Details of cause of death, distinguishing age
(Pages lxxv-lxxvi) Deaths at ages from various causes complicated by pregnancy or childbirth
(Pages lxxvi-lxxviii) Anaesthetics
Anaesthetics(Pages lxxvi-lxxvii) Difference from former practice in tabulation
(Page lxxvii) Deaths connected with the administration of various anaesthetics, distinguishing sex and age
(Pages lxxvii-lxxviii) Conditions for which anaesthetics were administered
(Page lxxviii) Status lymphaticus
(Pages lxxviii-lxxx) Ill-defined causes of death
Ill-defined causes of death(Pages lxxviii-lxxix) Deaths so classified and comparison with previous years
(Pages lxxix-lxxx) Effects upon tabulation of the inquiries addressed to coroners and medical practitioners, and their importance
(Pages lxxx-lxxxii) Deaths in institutions for the sick or infirm
Deaths in institutions for the sick or infirm(Pages lxxx-lxxxi) Proportion of total mortality occurring in various classes of institutions, in different classes of area and parts of the country
(Pages lxxxi-lxxxii) Proportion of deaths of each sex at various ages occurring in institutions in different classes of area
(Pages lxxxii-lxxxiii) United Kingdom
United Kingdom(Page lxxxii) Population
(Page lxxxii) Marriages
(Pages lxxxii-lxxxiii) Births
(Page lxxxiii) Deaths
(Page lxxxiii) Infant mortality
(Pages lxxxiii-lxxxiv) Mortality in the army
(Page lxxxiv) Mortality in the navy
(Page lxxxiv) Births and deaths at sea
(Page lxxxiv) Progress of registration
(Page lxxxiv) Offences against the registration acts
(Page lxxxv) Searches and certificates
(Pages lxxxvi-xc) Meteorology of the year 1913
(109 pages) Tables
Tables(Pages 2-3) 1. United Kingdom: Population of its several portions estimated to the middle of each of the years 1864-1913
(Pages 4-5) 2. Estimated population of England and Wales and main divisions in the middle of the year 1913, by sexes at ages
(Pages 5-12) 3. Estimated population of aggregate urban and rural areas in administrative counties in the middle of the year 1913, by sexes at ages
(Pages 13-18) 4. Estimated population of county boroughs in the middle of the year 1913, by sexes at ages
(Page 19) 5. Marriages, births, and deaths, 1864-1913
(Page 20) 6. Annual marriage-, birth-, and death-rates and infant mortality, 1838-1913
(Page 21) 7. Annual marriage-, birth-, and crude death-rates in each quarter in groups of years, 1838-1913, and in each year, 1904-1913
(Page 21) 8. Churches and chapels of the Established Church and registered buildings in which marriages could be legally solemnized, 31st December, 1913
(Page 22) 9. England and Wales and London, in 1, 000 marriages, 1864-1913 manner of solemnization
(Page 23) 10. First marriages, re-marriages, marriages of minors and signatures by mark
(Page 24) 11. Registration counties, in 1, 000 marriages, manner of solemnization, 1913
(Page 25) 12. Proportions of first marriages, re-marriages, 1913; marriages of minors, signatures by mark, and marriage-rates, 1903-12 and 1913
(Page 26) 13. Annual death-rates at twelve groups of ages, general death-rate corrected for sex-and age-constitution, and infant mortality, 1838-1913, males
(Page 27) 14. Annual death-rates at twelve groups of ages, general death-rate corrected for sex-and age-constitution, and infant mortality, 1838-1913, females
(Page 28) 15. Annual death-rates at twelve groups of ages, general death-rate corrected for sex-and age-constitution, and infant mortality, 1838-1913, persons
(Page 29) 16. Mortality by sex, age, and locality, 1913
(Pages 30-31) 17. Administrative counties crude death-rate at all ages, death-rates at ages, including infant mortality, together with crude death-rate at all ages in urban and rural aggregates, 1913 males and females
(Pages 32-34) 18. County boroughs crude death-rate at all ages, death-rates at ages, including infant mortality, 1913 males and females
(Pages 35-44) 19. Deaths from various causes at all ages, 1899-1913 males, females, and persons (list of causes as in use prior to 1911)
(Pages 45-54) 20. Crude annual death-rates from various causes at all ages to a million living, 1899-1913 males, females, and persons (list of causes as in use prior to 1911)
(Pages 55-59) 21. Crude death-rates at all ages from various causes, 1913 males, females and persons (new list)
(Page 60) 22. Annual death-rates from the principal epidemic diseases, 1838-1913
(Pages 61-64) 23. Administrative counties and county boroughs; mortality from the principal epidemic diseases and from certain other causes, 1912 and 1913
(Pages 65-67) 24. Mortality from several causes, by sex and age, 1913, all areas
(Page 67) 25. Mortality from several causes, by sex and age, 1913, London
(Pages 68-70) 26. Mortality from several causes, by sex and age, 1913, county boroughs
(Pages 70-71) 27. Mortality from several causes, by sex and age, 1913, other urban districts
(Pages 72-74) 28. Mortality from several causes, by sex and age, 1913, rural districts
(Pages 75-76) 29. Infant mortality by sex, age, cause, and legitimacy 1913
(Pages 77-81) 30. Infant mortality by age, cause, and legitimacy, 1913 classes of administrative areas
(Page 82) 31. Names on registers, searches and fees received at the general register office, 1864 1913
(Page 83) 32. Islands in the British Seas. Area and population; and births and deaths, 1889-1913
(Page 83) 33. Balance inward or outward on passenger movement into and out of the United Kingdom, 1895-1913
(Page 84) 34. Army strength and mortality, 1874-1913
(Page 84) 35. Royal navy mortality in the service afloat, 1874-1913
(Page 85) 36. Merchant service, number and mortality of masters and seamen employed in sea-going vessels (excluding fishing vessels and yachts) registered in the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man, 1893-94 to 1912-1913
(Pages 86-87) 37. Meteorological elements, Greenwich, 1864-1913
(Pages 88-89) 38. Quarterly meteorological elements, 1913
(Pages 90-91) 39. Meteorological table for London, 1913
(Pages 92-95) 40. Meteorological elements at several stations, 1913
(Page 96) 41. Age constitution of populations of several countries
(Pages 97-108) 42. International vital statistics
(481 pages) Abstracts
Abstracts(Pages 110-131) Marriages
Marriages(Pages 110-113) 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 by mark in marriage register
(Pages 114-128) Ages of persons married in England and Wales and in London, distinguishing bachelors, spinsters, widowers and widows
(Pages 129-131) In registration districts
(Pages 132-164) Estimated population, births (legitimate and illegitimate), birth-rate, deaths, death-rate (crude and standardized), standardizing factor, infant mortality and natural increase in each administrative area
(Page 165) Enumerated population (adjusted for institutions) and calculated deaths used in calculating standardizing factors corrected for changes in boundary to 31st December, 1913
(Pages 166-590) Deaths
Deaths(Page 166) By sex, and for females by condition as to marriage, at each year of age
(Pages 167-180) By sex and age
By sex and age(Pages 167-171) County boroughs
(Pages 172-173) Metropolitan boroughs
(Pages 174-180) Urban and rural portions of counties
(Pages 181-590) Causes of death
Causes of death(Pages 182-283) From various causes by sex and age
From various causes by sex and age(Pages 182-211) England and Wales
(Pages 212-229) London
(Pages 230-247) County boroughs
(Pages 248-265) Other urban districts
(Pages 266-283) Rural districts
(Pages 284-301) In each quarter of the year, distinguishing sex and cause, in different classes of area
(Pages 302-303) In various classes of institutions, distinguishing sex, class of institution, and age in different classes of area
(Pages 304-429) By sex and short list of causes and ages
By sex and short list of causes and ages(Pages 304-314) Summarized areas
(Pages 315-329) Metropolitan boroughs
(Pages 330-368) County boroughs
(Pages 369-429) Urban and rural portions of counties
Urban and rural portions of counties(Page 369) Bedfordshire
(Page 370) Berkshire
(Page 371) Buckinghamshire
(Page 372) Cambridgeshire
(Page 373) Cheshire
(Page 374) Cornwall
(Page 375) Cumberland
(Page 376) Derbyshire
(Page 377) Devonshire
(Page 378) Dorsetshire
(Page 379) Durham
(Page 380) Isle of Ely
(Page 381) Essex
(Page 382) Gloucestershire
(Page 383) Herefordshire
(Page 384) Hertfordshire
(Page 385) Huntingdonshire
(Page 386) Kent
(Page 387) Lancashire
(Page 388) Leicestershire
(Pages 389-391) Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire(Page 392) Middlesex
(Page 393) Monmouthshire
(Page 394) Norfolk
(Page 395) Northamptonshire
(Page 396) Northumberland
(Page 397) Nottinghamshire
(Page 398) Oxfordshire
(Page 399) Peterborough, Soke of
(Page 400) Rutlandshire
(Page 401) Shropshire
(Page 402) Somersetshire
(Page 403) Southampton
(Page 404) Staffordshire
(Page 405) Suffolk, East
(Page 406) Suffolk, West
(Page 407) Surrey
(Page 408) Sussex, East
(Page 409) Sussex, West
(Page 410) Warwickshire
(Page 411) Westmorland
(Page 412) Wight, Isle of
(Page 413) Wiltshire
(Page 414) Worcestershire
(Pages 415-417) Yorkshire
Yorkshire(Page 418) Anglesey
(Page 419) Brecknockshire
(Page 420) Cardiganshire
(Page 421) Carmarthenshire
(Page 422) Carnarvonshire
(Page 423) Denbighshire
(Page 424) Flintshire
(Page 425) Glamorganshire
(Page 426) Merionethshire
(Page 427) Montgomeryshire
(Page 428) Pembrokeshire
(Page 429) Radnorshire
(Pages 430-528) By sex and short list of causes in administrative areas
By sex and short list of causes in administrative areas(Page 430) Bedfordshire
(Page 431) Berkshire
(Pages 432-433) Buckinghamshire
(Page 433) Cambridgeshire
(Pages 433-436) Cheshire
(Pages 436-439) Cornwall
(Pages 439-440) Cumberland
(Pages 440-443) Derbyshire
(Pages 443-445) Devonshire
(Pages 445-447) Dorsetshire
(Pages 447-449) Durham
(Pages 449-450) Isle of Ely
(Pages 450-453) Essex
(Pages 453-455) Gloucestershire
(Pages 455-456) Herefordshire
(Pages 456-458) Hertfordshire
(Pages 458-459) Huntingdonshire
(Pages 459-462) Kent
(Pages 462-469) Lancashire
(Pages 469-470) Leicestershire
(Pages 471-473) Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire(Pages 473-475) Middlesex
(Pages 475-477) Monmouthshire
(Pages 477-479) Norfolk
(Pages 479-480) Northamptonshire
(Pages 481-482) Northumberland
(Pages 482-483) Nottinghamshire
(Pages 484-485) Oxfordshire
(Page 485) Peterborough, Soke of
(Page 485) Rutlandshire
(Pages 485-487) Shropshire
(Pages 487-489) Somersetshire
(Pages 489-491) Southampton
(Pages 491-494) Staffordshire
(Pages 494-495) Suffolk, East
(Pages 495-496) Suffolk, West
(Pages 496-498) Surrey
(Pages 499-500) Sussex, East
(Pages 500-501) Sussex, West
(Pages 501-502) Warwickshire
(Pages 502-503) Westmorland
(Page 503) Wight, Isle of
(Pages 503-505) Wiltshire
(Pages 505-507) Worcestershire
(Pages 507-519) Yorkshire
Yorkshire(Page 519) Anglesey
(Pages 519-520) Brecknockshire
(Pages 520-521) Cardiganshire
(Pages 521-522) Carmarthenshire
(Pages 522-523) Carnarvonshire
(Pages 523-524) Denbighshire
(Page 524) Flintshire
(Pages 524-526) Glamorganshire
(Pages 526-527) Merionethshire
(Page 527) Montgomeryshire
(Pages 527-528) Pembrokeshire
(Page 528) Radnorshire
(Pages 529-547) Violent deaths
Violent deaths(Pages 530-539) Deaths from accident, negligence, and execution in England and Wales, distinguishing age, and cause or nature of accident; males and females
(Pages 540-543) Deaths from suicide in England and Wales, distinguishing age and method; males and females
(Pages 544-545) Deaths from murder in England and Wales, distinguishing age and method; males and females
(Pages 546-547) Deaths from manslaughter and justifiable homicide in England and Wales, distinguishing age and method; males and females
(Pages 548-587) Secondary causes of deaths in 1912 allocated to titles 39-46
(Pages 588-590) Deaths in 1912 allocated to titles 39-45 (cancer) by sex, age, and place of occurrence