Forty-second annual report of the registrar-general
Table of Contents
(Pages i-iv) Title page & contents
(150 pages)
Report
Report(Page v) Introduction
(Pages v-vi) Emigration and immigration
(Page vi) Increase of population
(Page vi) Prices of wheat, meat, potatoes, and coal; meat imported
(Pages vi-vii) Pauperism
(Pages vii-xiii) Marriages; marriage-rate; number of marriages celebrated according and not according to the rites of the Established Church; previous condition of persons married; ages of persons married; marriages of minors; signatures in marriage registers; buildings registered for the solemnization of marriages; certified places of worship; designation of religious bodies
(Pages xiii-xx) Births. Number registered; birth-rate, legitimate and illegitimate; local variations of legitimate and illegitimate birth-rates; sex
(Pages xx-xxxiv) Deaths. Number registered; general death-rate; local rates; sex; mortality of males and females at various ages; increase of mortality among adults; influence of intemperance; deaths in public institutions in England and in London; registered causes of death of different classes; certification of causes of death
(Page xxxiv) Progress of registration. Aggregate number of names on the registers; number of searches in the registers and of certificates granted at the central office
(Pages xxxiv-xxxv) The army. Strength and mortality of the army at home and abroad
(Pages xxxv-xxxvi) The navy. Strength and mortality of the navy
(Pages xxxvi-xxxvii) Births and deaths of British subjects at sea; marine register book; mortality of mercantile marine; mortality by drowning in the merchant service compared with that in the royal navy
(Pages xxxvii-xxxviii) European states. Marriage, birth, and death rates
(Pages xxxix-xl) Meteorology; remarks by James Glaisher, Esq., F. R. S
(Pages xli-cliii) Preliminary tables
Preliminary tables(Page xlii) 1. Estimated population, and number of marriages, births, and deaths registered in England, in each of the forty-three years 1838-80
(Page xliii) 2. Proportion of persons married, births, and deaths to the population of England, in each of the forty-two years 1838-79
(Page xliv) 3. Proportions of persons married, of births and of deaths to 1000 of the population of England, during the forty-two years 1838-79
(Page xlv) 4. Marriages in England in each of the thirty-nine years 1841-79
(Page xlvi) 5. Proportion per cent. of marriages in England in each of the thirty-nine years 1841-79, solemnised according to, and not according to, the rites of the Established Church; also of civil marriages in superintendent registrar's office
(Page xlvii) 6. Marriages in England in the thirty-nine years 1841-1879, civil conditions of persons married; number of minors married; and of persons who signed the marriage register with marks
(Page xlviii) 7. Marriages in England, and annual rate of persons married per 1000 living, in each quarter of the forty-two years 1838-79
(Page xlix) 8. 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-nine years 1841-79
(Page l) 9. Persons married to 1000 persons living in the several counties of England during each of the eleven years 1869-79
(Page li) 10. Proportional numbers of persons married in the several counties of England during the year 1879; of persons, who signed the register with marks; of persons not of full age; and of re-marriages
(Page lii) 11. Number of buildings registered for the solemnization of marriages, and on the register on 31st December 1879; classified according to the several Christian denominations by which they were registered
(Page liii) 12. Number and annual rate per 1000 living, of births in England during each quarter of the forty-two years 1838-79
(Page liv) 13. Legitimate and illegitimate births in England in the years 1838-79; proportion of males to females born
(Page lv) 14. Proportion of illegitimate children to every 100 births in the several counties of England in each of the eleven years 1869-79
(Page lvi) 15. Number and proportion of male and female children born in and out of wedlock in several counties of England during the year 1879
(Page lvii) 16. Proportion of male and female children born in the several counties of England in each of the eleven years, 1869-79
(Page lviii) 17. Births to 1000 persons living in the several counties of England during each of the eleven years, 1869-79
(Page lix) 18. Estimated population and annual rate of mortality of males and of females in England, in each of the forty-two years 1838-79; and proportion of deaths of males to those of females
(Page lx) 19. Number and annual rate per 1000 persons living of deaths in England during each quarter of the forty-two years 1838-79
(Page lxi) 20. England. Deaths registered at different ages in each of the forty-two years 1838-79. Males
(Page lxii) 21. England. Deaths registered at different ages in each of the forty-two years 1838-79. Females
(Page lxiii) 22. England. Mortality per 1000 at twelve groups of ages in forty-two years 1838-79. Males
(Page lxiv) 23. England. Annual rates of mortality per 1000 of males living at twelve groups of ages in each of the forty-two years 1838-79
(Page lxv) 24. England. Mortality per 1000 at twelve groups of ages in forty-two years 1838-79. Females
(Page lxvi) 25. England. Annual rates of mortality per 1000 of females living at twelve groups of ages in each of the forty-two years 1838-79
(Page lxvii) 26. Death to 1000 persons living in the several counties of England during each of the eleven years, 1869-79
(Page lxviii) 27. 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 1879
(Page lxix) 28. England. Annual rate of mortality per 1000 persons, living at twelve groups of age, in each of the registration counties, during 1879
(Page lxx) 29. Proportion of deaths of children under one year to births in the several counties of England in each of the eleven years 1869-79
(Page lxxi) 30. Deaths of 82 persons (27 males and 55 females) registered in England and Wales during the year 1879 and returned as aged 100 years and upwards
(Pages lxxii-lxxvii) 31. Causes of death registered in England in each of the 28 years 1852-1879
(Pages lxxviii-lxxx) 32. Causes of death registered in England in each of the 16 years 1864-1879. To 1000000 persons living, the deaths from each class of causes, and from each cause
(Page lxxxi) 33. Causes of death in England in 1879. Proportional number dying from each class of causes, and from each cause, to 1000000 deaths from specified causes
(Pages lxxxii-lxxxv) 34. Mean annual rate of mortality in England from each class of causes and from each cause of death during the 30 years 1850-1879, and in each quinquenniad of that period; also the rate of mortality in the years 1877, 1878, and 1879
(Page lxxxvi) 35. Causes of death in England in the year 1879, arranged in the order of their fatality
(Page lxxxvii) 36. Causes of death of males and females in England in 1879. Deaths from each class of causes, and from each cause to 1000000 living of each sex
(Page lxxxviii) 37. England. Death-rate per 1000 persons living, from certain causes in each of the registration counties in the year 1879
(Page lxxxix) 38. Deaths from scarlet fever in each of the counties of England in the year 1879, and in each of the 10 preceding years 1869-1878
(Page xc) 39. Deaths in England from fever, at several groups of ages, in each of the 17 years 1863-79
(Page xc) 40. Deaths from fever typhus, enteric or typhoid, and simple continued fever in England to 10000 persons living, and proportional number to 1000 deaths, in the 30 years 1850-79
(Page xci) 41. Deaths in each of the counties of England from fever (typhus, enteric or typhoid, and simple continued) in the year 1879 and in 10 preceding years
(Page xcii) 42. Deaths in England in 1879 of women after childbearing, classed to various diseases, and not referred either to childbirth or to metria in the abstracts
(Page xciii) 43. Deaths in England in 1879 of women, who were returned as pregnant, referred to various diseases in the abstracts
(Page xciii) 44. Deaths in England in 1879 of women referred to childbirth in each of the 33 years 1847-79
(Page xciv) 45. Births registered, deaths referred to childbirth, mortality of mothers per 1000 children born alive, in each of the counties of England in the year 1879
(Page xcv) 46. Deaths of 35 persons (29 males and 6 females) referred to hydrophobia in England in the year 1879
(Page xcvi) 47. Deaths by lightning and the annual rate to ten millions of persons living in England, and in each of the 11 divisions during the 9 years 1871-79
(Page xcvi) 48. Deaths by lightning in England in each of the years 1878-79
(Page xcvii) 49. Deaths in 20 large English towns in the 53 weeks ending 3rd January 1880
(Page xcvii) 50. Analysis of the mortality in the 20 large English towns in the 53 weeks ending 3rd January 1880
(Page xcviii) 51. Deaths and mortality from seven zymotic diseases in 20 large towns
(Page xcviii) 52. Deaths and mortality from small-pox in 20 large towns
(Page xcix) 53. Deaths and mortality from measles in 20 large towns
(Page xcix) 54. Deaths and mortality from scarlet fever in 20 large towns
(Page c) 55. Deaths and mortality from diphtheria in 20 large towns
(Page c) 56. Deaths and mortality from whooping-cough in 20 large towns
(Page ci) 57. Deaths and mortality from fever in 20 large towns
(Page ci) 58. Deaths and mortality from diarrhoea in 20 large towns
(Page cii) 59. Proportional mortality of children under one year of age from different causes, to 1000 births, in England, and in 15 large English towns, 1873-79
(Pages ciii-cvii) 60. Deaths by different diseases in England in 1879, classified according to the nomenclature drawn up by a committee appointed by the royal college of physicians of London
(Page cviii) 61. The average prices of consols of wheat, of meat, of potatoes, and of coal, and also the average number of paupers relieved on the last day of the week, in each of the twenty-eight years 1852-79, and in each quarter of the nine years 1871-1879
(Page cix) 62. 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 1879, and in each quarter of that year
(Page cix) 63. Annual rate of mortality per 1000 in town and county districts of England in each quarter of the eleven years 1869-1879
(Page cx) 64. Annual rate of mortality per 1000 in town and county districts of England and Wales in the 29 years 1851-79
(Page cx) 65. Proportional number of deaths of children under one year of age to 1000 births registered in 20 large towns, 1870-79
(Page cxi) 66. Mortality of twenty large English towns, 1869-79
(Page cxi) 67. Estimated population and deaths in 1879, and annual rate of mortality, of children under five years of age, in 20 large towns, 1874-79
(Page cxii) 68. Mean temperature in Greenwich and annual rates of mortality per 1000 persons living in twenty large English towns, in each week of 1879
(Page cxiii) 69. Annual rate of mortality from all causes and from the principal zymotic diseases in each of the years 1873-79, in fifty large town districts
(Page cxiv) 70. Population; births and deaths; and rates of mortality during 1879 in fifty large town districts
(Page cxv) 71. Population; persons to an acre; births and deaths; annual birth and death rates; mean temperature and rainfall, in the 53 weeks of the year 1879, in London and twenty-two other large towns of the United Kingdom
(Page cxv) 72. London. Deaths in public institutions in the 52 or 53 weeks of each of the thirteen years 1867-79
(Page cxvi) 73. London. Population, births, deaths, and rate of mortality in the thirteen years 1867 to 1879
(Page cxvii) 74. London. Annual rate of mortality during the 40 years 1840-1879, in five groups of Metropolitan districts
(Page cxviii) 75. London. Outer ring. Population; births; deaths from all causes and from seven zymotic diseases; and the annual rate of mortality during the 53 weeks ending 3rd January 1880
(Page cxviii) 76. Births and deaths in 1879 in 30 foreign cities
(Page cxix) 77. Aggregate number of names on the register at the end of each of the forty-three years 1837-79; also the annual number of searches in the registers at the central office (exclusive of searches in non-parochial registers), and amount of fees received for all searches and certificates
(Pages cxx-cxxi) 78. Mean annual values of meteorological elements in the year 1879. By James Glaisher, Esq., F. R. S
(Pages cxxii-cxxiii) 79. Mean annual values of meteorological elements in the year 1879 for different parallels of latitude
(Pages cxxii-cxxiii) 80. Meteorology of Greenwich in the thirty-one years 1849-1879
(Pages cxxiv-cxxv) 81. Greenwich meteorological elements for the year 1879
(Pages cxxiv-cxxv) 82. Meteorological table for London, 1879
(Page cxxvi) 83. Area, estimated population, and marriages, births, and deaths registered in the United Kingdom, in the year 1879
(Page cxxvi) 84. Proportion per 1000 of marriages, births, and deaths to the population of the United Kingdom, in the year 1879
(Page cxxvii) 85. Population, area, births, and deaths in the Islands in the British Seas in each of the twenty-nine years 1851-1879
(Page cxxviii) 86. Number and destination of emigrants (including foreigners) in each of the sixty-five years from 1815 to 1879 inclusive
(Page cxxix) 87. Emigration in 1879
(Pages cxxix-cxxx) 88. Occupation, sex, and general destination of the emigrants in 1879
(Page cxxxi) 89. Average strength of the army at home, in the year 1879
(Page cxxxi) 90. Average strength of the English army in each of the nineteen years 1861-79, and its distribution in different parts of the United Kingdom and abroad
(Page cxxxi) 91. Average strength, deaths, and annual rate of mortality per 1000 of the army in the United Kingdom in 1879
(Page cxxxii) 92. Average strength of the British army abroad in each of the years 1876-79
(Page cxxxii) 93. Number of deaths in the British army during each of the four years 1876-1879
(Page cxxxii) 94. Annual rate of mortality per 1000 amongst the officers and non-commissioned officers and men in the army abroad, in each of the twenty-two years 1858-79
(Page cxxxiii) 95. Nationality of the army serving at home and abroad in 1861 and 1871
(Page cxxxiii) 96. Deaths of officers and men in the army abroad, and estimated numbers belonging to England and Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and foreign parts, in each of the twenty-two years 1858-1879
(Page cxxxiv) 97. Births and deaths among passengers, British subjects, on board merchant vessels at sea, including soldiers, marines, and invalided seamen from the royal navy, in each of the twenty-four years 1856-1879
(Page cxxxv) 98. Mortality of merchant seamen at sea, in the twenty-eight years 1852-79
(Page cxxxvi) 99. Return of the ages, rating, and causes of death of 3692 seamen reported to the board of trade in the year 1879 as having died in the British merchant service
(Page cxxxvii) 100. Estimated population of the United Kingdom, (including Islands in the British Seas) with army, navy, and merchant seamen abroad belonging thereto
(Pages cxxxviii-cxli) 101. Population of the United Kingdom estimated to the middle of each of the eighty-one years 1801-81, exclusive of the population of the Islands in the British Seas, and of the portions of the army, navy, and merchant service abroad
(Pages cxlii-cxlv) 102. Fluctuations in the marriage rate of England, and some of the causes which have contributed thereto, 1838-79
(Page cxlvi) 103. Proportions of persons married, births, and deaths per 1000 of the population in thirteen European states
(Page cxlvii) 104. England and Wales. Population; number, and proportion per 1000, of persons married, births, and deaths, in each of the years 1853 to 1879
(Page cxlvii) 105. 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 1879
(Page cxlviii) 106. Sweden. Population; number, and proportion per 1000, of persons married, births, and deaths, in each of the years 1850 to 1879
(Page cxlviii) 107. Austria. Population; number, and proportion per 1000, of persons married, births, and deaths, in each of the years 1853 to 1879
(Page cxlix) 108. Hungary and Transylvania. Population; number, and proportion per 1000, of persons married, births, and deaths, in each of the years 1866 to 1879
(Page cxlix) 109. Switzerland. Population; number, and proportion per 1000, of persons married, births, and deaths, in each of the years 1868 to 1879
(Page cxlix) 110. German Empire. Population; number, and proportion per 1000, of persons married, births, and deaths, in each of the years 1872 to 1879
(Page cl) 111. Prussia. Population; number, and proportion per 1000, of persons married, births, and deaths, in each of the years 1853 to 1879
(Page cl) 112. The Netherlands. Population; number, and proportion per 1000, of persons married, births, and deaths, in each of the years 1853 to 1879
(Page cli) 113. Belgium. Population; number, and proportion per 1000, of persons married, births, and deaths, in each of the years 1853 to 1879
(Page cli) 114. France. Population; number, and proportion per 1000, of persons married, births, and deaths, in each of the years 1853 to 1879
(Page clii) 115. Spain. Population; number, and proportion per 1000, of persons married, births, and deaths, in each of the years 1861 to 1870
(Page clii) 116. Italy (inclusive of Venetia). Population; number, and proportion per 1000, of persons married, births, and deaths, in each of the years 1863 to 1879
(Page cliii) 117. Changes in the constitution of the superintendent registrars' districts and registration sub-districts during the year 1879
(256 pages) Abstracts
Abstracts(Pages 1-28) Marriages
Marriages(Pages 2-25) Marriages registered in England in each of the registration divisions, counties, and districts; distinguishing those according and those not according to the rites of the Established Church, and the number in each quarter of the year; distinguishing also the previous civil condition of persons married, 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 1879. Births and deaths, in the divisions, counties, districts, and sub-districts of England, in the year 1879
Marriages, in the divisions, counties, and districts of England in the year 1879. Births and deaths, in the divisions, counties, districts, and sub-districts of England, in the year 1879(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 1879, in divisions and counties
Births, illegitimate births, and deaths, registered in each of the four quarters of the year 1879, 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 99-120) Deaths in public institutions, 1879
Deaths in public institutions, 1879(Pages 99-120) Deaths of males and females in public institutions
(Pages 121-143) Deaths at different ages, 1879, in divisions, counties, and districts, distinguishing males and females
Deaths at different ages, 1879, in divisions, counties, and districts, distinguishing males and females(Pages 122-143) Deaths of males and females at different ages registered in divisions, counties, and districts
(Pages 145-221) 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 146-155) Causes of death of males and females in England at different periods of life
(Pages 156-161) Causes of death of males and females in London at different periods of life
(Pages 162-185) Causes of death of males and females in England, and in each of the divisions and counties
(Pages 186-197) Deaths from several zymotic and other causes, and inquest cases, in the divisions, counties, and districts of England
(Pages 198-204) Violent deaths in England, distinguishing sex and age
(Pages 205-211) Violent deaths in each of the eleven divisions of England, distinguishing sex
(Pages 212-213) Deaths returned as having occurred from suicide in England, distinguishing sex and age
(Pages 214-215) Deaths returned as having occurred from suicide in each of the eleven divisions of England, distinguishing sex
(Pages 216-217) Deaths returned as having occurred from murder, and infanticide in England, distinguishing sex and age
(Page 218) Deaths returned as having occurred from murder and infanticide in each of the eleven divisions of England, distinguishing sex
(Pages 219-220) Deaths returned as having occurred from manslaughter in England, distinguishing sex and age
(Page 221) Deaths returned as having occurred from manslaughter in each of the eleven divisions of England, distinguishing sex
(Pages 223-256) Indices
Indices(Pages 223-238) Index of districts, sub-districts, and of certain towns, referring to numbers used in the several tables of abstracts
(Pages 239-256) Alphabetical index to report and tables