Eightieth 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
(88 pages) 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 civil 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-xx) Marriages
Marriages(Page xi) Number and rate
(Page xi) Changes in the marriage-rate
(Pages xi-xii) Methods of calculating marriage-rates
(Page xii) First marriages and re-marriages
(Page xiii) The divorced
(Pages xiii-xvi) Age at marriage
(Page xvi) Marriages of minors
(Pages xvi-xviii) Mean age at marriage
(Page xviii) Fluctuations of marriage-rate in different sections of the country
(Page xix) Buildings in which marriages may be solemnized
(Pages xix-xx) Registered buildings under the operation of the marriage act, 1898
(Pages xx-xxiv) Births
Births(Page xx) Number and rate
(Page xx) Changes in the birth-rate
(Page xx) Birth-rates in different classes of areas and parts of the country
(Pages xx-xxii) Geographical divisions employed (North, Midlands, South, Wales)
(Pages xxii-xxiii) Sex proportions at birth
(Pages xxiii-xxiv) Illegitimate births
(Page xxiv) Illegitimate birth-rates in different classes of areas and parts of the country
(Page xxiv) Natural increase
(Pages xxv-li) Deaths
Deaths(Page xxv) Number and rate
(Page xxv) Changes in the death-rate
(Page xxv) Standardization of death-rates for differences of sex and age constitution between total populations and for differences of age constitution between sex populations
(Page xxv) International standard death-rate
(Pages xxv-xxvi) Mortality of each sex: Male excess at various ages
(Pages xxvi-xxvii) Mortality at different ages: Effect of war conditions
(Page xxvii) Effect of falling birth-rate on estimates of child population
(Pages xxvii-xxviii) Standardized death-rate at age 0-5
(Pages xxviii-xxix) Standardized death-rates approximately corrected for war conditions
(Pages xxix-xlvi) Infant mortality
Infant mortality(Pages xxix-xxxii) Trend of mortality
(Pages xxix-xxxii) Measures of the mortality of infants
(Pages xxxii-xxxiii) Diarrhoeal and non-diarrhoeal mortality
(Pages xxxiii-xxxix) Distribution: Area in conjunction with sex, age, and cause
(Pages xxxix-xli) In separate weeks and months
(Pages xli-xlvi) Causes of infant mortality
Causes of infant mortality(Pages xli-xlii) Increase or decrease at various ages as compared with 1911-14 and 1916
(Pages xlii-xliii) Infant mortality from developmental and wasting diseases, 1886-1917
(Pages xliii-xlvi) By sex, age, and legitimacy, 1917
(Pages xlvi-xlix) Mortality at ages 1-5
Mortality at ages 1-5(Pages xlvi-xlvii) At each year of age
(Pages xlvii-xlviii) From various causes
(Pages xlviii-xlix) Mortality at age 1-2 in different classes of areas and parts of the country
(Pages xlix-l) Mortality of the aged
(Pages l-li) Centenarians
(Pages li-xcvi) Causes of death
Causes of death(Page li) Details shown for various areas
(Page li) Comparison of registrar-general's with international short list
(Pages li-liii) Enteric fever
Enteric fever(Pages li-liii) Trend of mortality
(Page liii) Mortality and prevalence in counties and county boroughs
(Page liii) Small-pox
(Pages liii-liv) Measles
Measles(Pages liii-liv) Trend of mortality
(Page liv) Mortality in different classes of areas and parts of the country, 1915-17
(Page liv) Mortality in counties and county boroughs
(Pages liv-lv) Scarlet fever
Scarlet fever(Page lv) Whooping cough
Whooping cough(Page lv) Vaccinia
(Pages lv-lviii) Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis(Page lv) Trend of mortality
(Pages lv-lvi) Asylum mortality
(Page lvi) Crude and standardized death-rates
(Pages lvi-lvii) Mortality by sex and age
(Pages lvii-lviii) Mortality in each of the first five years of life
(Pages lviii-lix) Phthisis
Phthisis(Page lviii) The title more comprehensive than in old list
(Page lviii) Crude and standardized death-rates
(Pages lviii-lix) Mortality by sex and age
(Page lix) Tuberculous meningitis
Tuberculous meningitis(Page lix) Trend of mortality
(Pages lix-lxii) Syphilis
Syphilis(Page lix) Trend of mortality
(Page lix) Analysis of increased infant mortality: Legitimacy, place of occurrence, and occupation of unmarried mothers
(Pages lxi-lxii) Deaths in each sex at various ages, 1911-17
(Page lxii) Increased mortality of young adults
(Pages lxii-lxxviii) Cancer
Cancer(Page lxii) Trend of mortality
(Pages lxii-lxiii) Crude and standardized mortality
(Page lxiii) Mortality by sex and age
(Pages lxiii-lxvi) Sites of fatal cancer at ages in each sex
(Page lxvi) Mortality by sex and age from cancer of various parts of the body
(Pages lxvi-lxvii) Frequency of fatal cancer of various sites in institutions and elsewhere, with distinction of sex and age
(Pages lxvii-lxviii) Age distribution of deaths from cancer of various sites in institutions and elsewhere
(Pages lxviii-lxxviii) Mortality from cancer of accessible and inaccessible sites, 1897-1917
Mortality from cancer of accessible and inaccessible sites, 1897-1917(Page lxix) Basis of classification
(Pages lxix-lxx) Methods of standardizing mortality
(Pages lxx-lxxviii) Analysis of increased mortality
(Pages lxxviii-lxxix) Tumours (not returned as malignant)
Tumours (not returned as malignant)(Pages lxxviii-lxxix) Classification by sex, age, and part of the body affected
(Pages lxxix-lxxxi) Alcoholism
Alcoholism(Page lxxix) The title less comprehensive than in old list
(Pages lxxix-lxxx) Trend of mortality
(Pages lxxx-lxxxi) Alcoholism as a secondary cause of death
Alcoholism as a secondary cause of death(Pages lxxx-lxxxi) Classification of deaths by sex, age, and primary cause
(Page lxxxi) Deaths from alcoholism and from the principal causes associated with it
(Page lxxxi) Poliomyelitis
(Pages lxxxi-lxxxii) Cerebro-spinal fever
Cerebro-spinal fever(Pages lxxxi-lxxxii) Trend of mortality
(Page lxxxii) Mortality in different classes of areas and parts of the country
(Page lxxxii) Neuritis
Neuritis(Pages lxxxii-lxxxiii) Pneumonia
Pneumonia(Pages lxxxii-lxxxiii) Trend of mortality
(Page lxxxiii) Mortality in different classes of areas and parts of the country
(Page lxxxiii) Cirrhosis of the liver
Cirrhosis of the liver(Pages lxxxiii-lxxxvi) The puerperal state
The puerperal state(Pages lxxxiii-lxxxiv) Trend of mortality
(Pages lxxxiv-lxxxvi) Details of cause of death, distinguishing age
(Page lxxxvi) Deaths at ages from various causes associated with pregnancy and childbearing
(Pages lxxxvii-lxxxviii) Anaesthetics
Anaesthetics(Page lxxxvii) Difference from former practice in tabulation
(Page lxxxvii) Deaths connected with the administration of various anaesthetics, distinguishing sex and age
(Pages lxxxvii-lxxxviii) Conditions for which anaesthetics were administered
(Pages lxxxviii-lxxxix) Status lymphaticus
(Pages lxxxix-xci) Suicide
Suicide(Page lxxxix) Trend of mortality
(Page lxxxix) Mortality by sex and age
(Pages lxxxix-xc) Non-civilian suicides
(Pages xc-xci) Suicide in different classes of areas and parts of the country
(Page xci) Ill-defined causes of death
Ill-defined causes of death(Page xci) Deaths so classified and comparison with previous years
(Page xci) Effects upon tabulation of the inquiries addressed to medical practitioners and coroners
(Page xcii) Deaths in institutions for the sick or infirm
Deaths in institutions for the sick or infirm(Page xcii) Proportion of total mortality occurring in various classes of institutions
(Pages xcii-xciv) United Kingdom
United Kingdom(Pages xcii-xciii) Population
(Page xciii) Marriages
(Pages xciii-xciv) Births
(Page xciv) Deaths
(Page xciv) Infant mortality
(Pages xciv-xcv) Births and deaths at sea
(Page xcv) Progress of registration
(Page xcv) Offences against the registration acts
(Pages xcv-xcvi) Searches and certificates
(Pages xcvii-cii) Meteorology of the year 1917
(63 pages) Tables
Tables(Pages 2-3) 1. United Kingdom: Population of its several divisions estimated to the middle of each of the years 1868-1917
(Page 4) 2. England and Wales: Marriages, births, and deaths, 1838-1917
(Page 5) 3. Annual marriage-, birth-, and death-rates and infant mortality, 1838-1917
(Page 6) 4. Annual marriage-, birth-, and crude death-rates in each quarter in groups of years, 1838-1917, and in each year, 1908-1917
(Page 6) 5. Churches and chapels of the Established Church and registered buildings in which marriages could be legally solemnized, 31st December, 1917
(Page 7) 6. Annual death-rates at twelve groups of ages, general death-rate standardized for sex and age constitution of population, and infant mortality, 1838-1917-males
(Page 8) 7. Annual death-rates at twelve groups of ages, general death-rate standardized for sex and age constitution of population, and infant mortality, 1838-1917-females
(Page 9) 8. Annual death-rates at twelve groups of ages, general death-rate standardized for sex and age constitution of population, and infant mortality, 1838-1917-Persons
(Pages 10-19) 9. Deaths from various causes at all ages, 1903-1917 males, females, and persons (list of causes as in use prior to 1911)
(Pages 20-29) 10. Crude annual death-rates from various causes at all ages to a million living, 1903-1917 males, females, and persons (list of causes as in use prior to 1911)
(Pages 30-34) 11. Crude death-rates at all ages from various causes, 1917 males, females, and persons (international list of causes)
(Page 35) 12. Annual death-rates from the principal epidemic diseases, 1838-1917
(Pages 36-40) 13. Administrative counties and county boroughs: Mortality from the principal epidemic diseases and from certain other causes, 1916 and 1917
(Pages 41-42) 14. Infant mortality by sex, age, cause, and legitimacy, 1917
(Pages 43-47) 15. Infant mortality by age, cause, and legitimacy, 1917 classes of administrative areas
(Pages 48-49) 16. Infant mortality in different parts of England and Wales, 1917
(Page 50) 17. Names on the registers, searches, and fees received at the general register office, 1868-1917
(Page 51) 18. Islands in the British Seas. Area and population; and births and deaths, 1893-1917
(Page 51) 19. Balance inward or outward on passenger movement into and out of the United Kingdom, 1898-1917
(Pages 52-53) 20. United Kingdom and its several divisions. Vital statistics, 1893-1917
(Pages 54-55) 21. Meteorological elements, Greenwich, 1868-1917
(Pages 56-57) 22. Meteorological elements, Greenwich, quarterly, 1917
(Pages 58-59) 23. Meteorological table for London, 1917
(Pages 60-63) 24. Meteorological elements at several stations, 1917
(433 pages) Abstracts
Abstracts(Pages 64-81) Marriages
Marriages(Pages 64-66) In registration counties and districts
(Pages 67-77) In England and Wales
In England and Wales(Page 67) Civil condition of persons married at each year of age
(Page 68) Of divorced persons
(Pages 69-77) Ages in combination
Ages in combination(Pages 78-81) In England and Wales and registration counties by age and condition
(Pages 82-114) Estimated ''birth-rate" population and civil population, births (legitimate and illegitimate), birth-rate, deaths, crude death-rate and infant mortality in each administrative area and in summarized areas
(Pages 115-496) Deaths
Deaths(Page 115) By sex, and for females by condition as to marriage, at each year of age
(Pages 116-129) By sex and age
By sex and age(Pages 116-117) Metropolitan boroughs
(Pages 118-122) County boroughs
(Pages 123-129) Urban and rural portions of counties
(Pages 130-231) From various causes by sex and age
From various causes by sex and age(Pages 130-159) England and Wales
(Pages 160-177) London
(Pages 178-195) County boroughs
(Pages 196-213) Other urban districts
(Pages 214-231) Rural districts
(Pages 232-249) In each quarter of the year, distinguishing sex and cause, in different classes of area
(Pages 250-251) In various classes of institutions, distinguishing sex and age in different classes of area
(Page 252) Of non-civilians in England and Wales, distinguishing age and cause
(Pages 253-380) By sex and short list of causes and ages
By sex and short list of causes and ages(Pages 253-263) Summarized areas
(Pages 264-278) Metropolitan boroughs
(Pages 279-319) County boroughs
(Pages 320-380) Urban and rural portions of counties
Urban and rural portions of counties(Page 320) Bedfordshire
(Page 321) Berkshire
(Page 322) Buckinghamshire
(Page 323) Cambridgeshire
(Page 324) Cheshire
(Page 325) Cornwall
(Page 326) Cumberland
(Page 327) Derbyshire
(Page 328) Devonshire
(Page 329) Dorsetshire
(Page 330) Durham
(Page 331) Isle of Ely
(Page 332) Essex
(Page 333) Gloucestershire
(Page 334) Herefordshire
(Page 335) Hertfordshire
(Page 336) Huntingdonshire
(Page 337) Kent
(Page 338) Lancashire
(Page 339) Leicestershire
(Pages 340-342) Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire(Page 343) Middlesex
(Page 344) Monmouthshire
(Page 345) Norfolk
(Page 346) Northamptonshire
(Page 347) Northumberland
(Page 348) Nottinghamshire
(Page 349) Oxfordshire
(Page 350) Peterborough, Soke of
(Page 351) Rutlandshire
(Page 352) Shropshire
(Page 353) Somersetshire
(Page 354) Southampton
(Page 355) Staffordshire
(Page 356) Suffolk, East
(Page 357) Suffolk, West
(Page 358) Surrey
(Page 359) Sussex, East
(Page 360) Sussex, West
(Page 361) Warwickshire
(Page 362) Westmorland
(Page 363) Wight, Isle of
(Page 364) Wiltshire
(Page 365) Worcestershire
(Pages 366-368) Yorkshire
Yorkshire(Page 369) Anglesey
(Page 370) Brecknockshire
(Page 371) Cardiganshire
(Page 372) Carmarthenshire
(Page 373) Carnarvonshire
(Page 374) Denbighshire
(Page 375) Flintshire
(Page 376) Glamorganshire
(Page 377) Merionethshire
(Page 378) Montgomeryshire
(Page 379) Pembrokeshire
(Page 380) Radnorshire
(Pages 381-480) By sex and short list of causes in administrative areas
By sex and short list of causes in administrative areas(Page 382) Bedfordshire
(Page 383) Berkshire
(Pages 384-385) Buckinghamshire
(Page 385) Cambridgeshire
(Pages 385-388) Cheshire
(Pages 388-391) Cornwall
(Pages 391-392) Cumberland
(Pages 392-395) Derbyshire
(Pages 395-397) Devonshire
(Pages 397-399) Dorsetshire
(Pages 399-401) Durham
(Pages 401-402) Isle of Ely
(Pages 402-405) Essex
(Pages 405-407) Gloucestershire
(Pages 407-408) Herefordshire
(Pages 408-410) Hertfordshire
(Pages 410-411) Huntingdonshire
(Pages 411-414) Kent
(Pages 414-421) Lancashire
(Pages 421-422) Leicestershire
(Pages 422-425) Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire(Pages 425-427) Middlesex
(Pages 427-429) Monmouthshire
(Pages 429-431) Norfolk
(Pages 431-432) Northamptonshire
(Pages 432-434) Northumberland
(Pages 434-435) Nottinghamshire
(Pages 436-437) Oxfordshire
(Page 437) Peterborough, Soke of
(Page 437) Rutlandshire
(Pages 437-439) Shropshire
(Pages 439-441) Somersetshire
(Pages 441-443) Southampton
(Pages 443-446) Staffordshire
(Pages 446-447) Suffolk, East
(Pages 447-448) Suffolk, West
(Pages 448-451) Surrey
(Pages 451-452) Sussex, East
(Pages 452-453) Sussex, West
(Pages 453-454) Warwickshire
(Pages 454-455) Westmorland
(Page 455) Wight, Isle of
(Pages 456-457) Wiltshire
(Pages 457-459) Worcestershire
(Pages 459-471) Yorkshire
Yorkshire(Page 471) Anglesey
(Pages 471-472) Brecknockshire
(Pages 472-473) Cardiganshire
(Pages 473-474) Carmarthenshire
(Pages 474-475) Carnarvonshire
(Pages 475-476) Denbighshire
(Page 476) Flintshire
(Pages 476-478) Glamorganshire
(Page 478) Merionethshire
(Page 479) Montgomeryshire
(Pages 479-480) Pembrokeshire
(Page 480) Radnorshire
(Pages 481-492) Deaths from accident, negligence, battle, and execution in England and Wales, distinguishing age, and cause or nature, of accident; males and females
(Pages 493-494) Deaths from suicide in England and Wales, distinguishing age and method; males and females
(Page 495) Deaths from murder in England and Wales, distinguishing age and method; males and females
(Page 496) Deaths from manslaughter and justifiable homicide in England and Wales, distinguishing age and method; males and females