Seventy-ninth annual report of the registrar-general
Table of Contents
(Pages i-vi) Title page & contents
(3 pages)
Introductory remarks
Introductory remarks(Pages vii-viii) Salient features of the vital statistics of the year
(Pages viii-ix) Changes in the report
(78 pages) Review by Dr. Stevenson of the vital statistics of the year
Review by Dr. Stevenson of the vital statistics of the year(Pages x-xi) Population
Population(Pages x-xi) Estimated civil population by sex and age
(Page xi) Estimated population for calculation of birth-rate and marriage-rate
(Page xi) Estimated civil populations and "birth-rate" populations of separate localities
(Page xi) Consequent alterations in tables
(Page xi) New estimates of population under five years of age
(Pages xi-xvii) Marriages
Marriages(Page xi) Number and rate
(Pages xi-xii) Changes in the marriage-rate
(Page xii) Methods of calculating marriage-rates
(Pages xii-xiv) First marriages and re-marriages
(Page xiv) Marriages of minors
(Pages xiv-xvi) Mean age at marriage
(Page xvi) Buildings in which marriages may be solemnized
(Pages xvi-xvii) Registered buildings under the operation of the marriage act, 1898
(Pages xvii-xx) Births
Births(Page xvii) Number and rate
(Page xvii) Changes in the birth-rate
(Page xvii) Birth-rates in different classes of areas and parts of the country
(Pages xvii-xviii) Geographical divisions employed (North, Midlands, South, Wales)
(Pages xviii-xix) Rex proportions at birth
(Pages xix-xx) Illegitimate births
(Page xx) Illegitimate birth-rates in different classes of areas and parts of the country
(Page xx) Natural increase
(Pages xx-xlix) Deaths
Deaths(Page xx) Number and rate
(Page xx) Changes in the death-rate
(Pages xx-xxi) Standardization of death-rates for differences of sex-and age-constitution between total populations and for differences of age-constitution between sex populations
(Page xxi) Mortality of each sex: Male excess at various ages
(Pages xxi-xxii) Mortality at different ages: Effect of war conditions
(Page xxii) Standardized death-rates approximately corrected for war conditions
(Pages xxii-xxiv) Effect of falling birth-rate on estimates of child population: New estimates
(Pages xxiv-xliii) Infant mortality in 1916 and other recent years
Infant mortality in 1916 and other recent years(Pages xxv-xxvii) In different classes of areas and parts of the country and other countries
(Pages xxvii-xxxviii) In separate weeks and months
(Pages xxxviii-xliii) Causes of infant mortality
Causes of infant mortality(Pages xxxviii-xxxix) Increase or decrease at various ages as compared with 1911-15 and 1910
(Page xxxix) Infant mortality from developmental and wasting diseases, 1886-1916
(Pages xxxix-xl) By sex, age, and legitimacy, 1916
(Pages xl-xliii) From overlying
(Pages xliii-xlviii) Mortality at ages 1-5
Mortality at ages 1-5(Page xliv) At each year of age
(Pages xliv-xlv) From various causes
(Pages xlv-xlvi) Improvement since 1871
(Pages xlvi-xlviii) Sex-incidence of mortality, particularly from violence
(Pages xlviii-xlix) Mortality of the aged
(Page xlix) Centenarians
(Pages xlix-l) Causes of death
Causes of death(Page xlix) Details shown for various areas
(Pages xlix-l) Comparison of registrar-general's with international short list
(Pages l-li) Enteric fever
Enteric fever(Pages l-li) Trend of mortality
(Page li) Small-pox
(Pages li-lii) Measles
Measles(Pages li-lii) Trend of mortality
(Page lii) Mortality in different classes of areas and parts of the country, 1915-16
(Page lii) Scarlet fever
Scarlet fever(Page lii) Trend of mortality
(Pages lii-liii) Whooping cough
Whooping cough(Pages lii-liii) Trend of mortality
(Page liii) Vaccinia
(Pages liii-liv) Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis(Page liii) Trend of mortality
(Page liii) Crude and standardized death-rates
(Page liii) Mortality by sex and age
(Pages liii-liv) Effect of war conditions
(Pages liv-lv) Phthisis
Phthisis(Pages liv-lv) The title more comprehensive than in old list
(Page lv) Crude and standardized death-rates
(Page lv) Mortality by sex and age
(Page lv) Tuberculous meningitis
Tuberculous meningitis(Page lv) Trend of mortality
(Page lv) Tuberculosis of the peritoneum and intestines
Tuberculosis of the peritoneum and intestines(Page lv) Trend of mortality
(Pages lvi-lx) Syphilis
Syphilis(Pages lvi-lviii) Understatement of deaths
(Pages lviii-lix) Deaths in each sex at various ages, 1871-1916
(Pages lix-lx) Mortality by sex and age, 1871-1916
(Pages lx-lxvi) Cancer
Cancer(Pages lx-lxi) Trend of mortality
(Page lxi) Crude and standardized mortality
(Pages lxi-lxii) Mortality by sex and age
(Pages lxii-lxiv) Sites of fatal cancer at ages in each sex
(Page lxiv) Mortality by sex and age from cancer of various parts of the body
(Pages lxiv-lxv) Frequency of fatal cancer of various sites in institutions and elsewhere, with distinction of sex and age
(Pages lxv-lxvi) Age-distribution of deaths from cancer of various sites in institutions and elsewhere
(Pages lxvi-lxvii) Tumours (not returned as malignant)
Tumours (not returned as malignant)(Pages lxvi-lxvii) Classification by sex, age, and part of the body affected
(Pages lxvii-lxx) Alcoholism
Alcoholism(Page lxvii) The title less comprehensive than in old list
(Pages lxvii-lxviii) Trend of mortality
(Pages lxviii-lxx) Alcoholism as a secondary cause of death
Alcoholism as a secondary cause of death(Pages lxviii-lxix) Classification of deaths by sex, age, and primary cause
(Pages lxix-lxx) Deaths from alcoholism and from the principal causes associated with it, 1911-16
(Page lxx) Poliomyelitis
(Page lxxi) Cerebro-spinal fever
Cerebro-spinal fever(Pages lxxi-lxxv) Arterio-sclerosis
Arterio-sclerosis(Pages lxxi-lxxii) Increase in numbers of deaths so returned
(Pages lxxii-lxxiii) Age-distribution of mortality, 1911-16
(Pages lxxiii-lxxiv) Mortality by sex and age, 1911-16
(Pages lxxiv-lxxv) Trend of certification
(Page lxxv) Pneumonia
Pneumonia(Page lxxv) Trend of mortality
(Page lxxv) Mortality in different classes of areas and parts of the country
(Pages lxxv-lxxix) The puerperal state
The puerperal state(Pages lxxv-lxxvi) Trend of mortality
(Pages lxxvi-lxxviii) Details of cause of death, distinguishing age
(Pages lxxviii-lxxix) Deaths at ages from various causes associated with pregnancy or childbirth
(Pages lxxix-lxxx) Anaesthetics
Anaesthetics(Page lxxix) Difference from former practice in tabulation
(Page lxxix) Deaths connected with the administration of various anaesthetics, distinguishing sex and age
(Pages lxxix-lxxx) Conditions for which anaesthetics were administered
(Page lxxxi) Status lymphaticus
(Pages lxxxi-lxxxii) Suicide
Suicide(Pages lxxxii-lxxxiii) Ill-defined causes of death
Ill-defined causes of death(Pages lxxxii-lxxxiii) Deaths so classified and comparison with previous years
(Page lxxxiii) Effects upon tabulation of the inquiries addressed to medical practitioners and coroners
(Pages lxxxiii-lxxxiv) Deaths in institutions for the sick or infirm
Deaths in institutions for the sick or infirm(Pages lxxxiii-lxxxiv) Proportion of total mortality occurring in various clashes of institutions
(Pages lxxxiv-lxxxvi) United Kingdom
United Kingdom(Page lxxxiv) Population
(Page lxxxiv) Marriages
(Pages lxxxiv-lxxxv) Births
(Page lxxxv) Deaths
(Pages lxxxv-lxxxvi) Infant mortality
(Page lxxxvi) Births and deaths at sea
(Page lxxxvi) Progress of registration
(Page lxxxvi) Offences against the registration acts
(Pages lxxxvi-lxxxvii) Searches and certificates
(Pages lxxxviii-xcii) Meteorology of the year 1916
(61 pages) Tables
Tables(Page 1) Note on temporarily discontinued tables
(Pages 2-3) 1. United Kingdom: Population of its several portions estimated to the Middle of each of the years 1867-1916
(Page 4) 2. Marriages, births, and deaths, 1867-1916
(Page 5) 3. Annual marriage-, birth-, and death-rates and infant mortality, 1838-1916
(Page 6) 4. Annual marriage-, birth-, and crude death-rates in each quarter in groups of years, 1838-1916, and in each year, 1907-1916
(Page 6) 5. Churches and chapels of the Established Church and registered buildings in which marriages could be legally solemnised, 31st December, 1916
(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, 1838-1916 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, 1838-1916 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, 1838-1916, Persons
(Pages 10-19) 9. Deaths from various causes at all ages, 1902-1916 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, 1902-1916 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, 1916 males, females, and persons (international list of causes)
(Page 35) 12. Annual death-rates from the principal epidemic diseases, 1838-1916
(Pages 36-40) 13. Administrative counties and county boroughs: Mortality from the principal epidemic diseases and from certain other causes, 1915 and 1916
(Pages 41-42) 14. Infant mortality by sex, age, cause, and legitimacy, 1916
(Pages 43-47) 15. Infant mortality by age, cause, and legitimacy, 1916 classes of administrative areas
(Page 48) 16. Names on the registers, searches, and fees received at the general register office, 1867-1916
(Page 49) 17. Islands in the British Seas. Area and population; and births and deaths, 1892-1910
(Page 49) 18. Balance inward or outward on passenger movement into and out of the United Kingdom, 1897-1916
(Pages 50-51) 19. United Kingdom and its several divisions, vital statistics
(Pages 52-53) 20. Meteorological elements, Greenwich, 1867-1916
(Pages 54-55) 21. Meteorological elements, Greenwich, quarterly, 1916
(Pages 56-57) 22. Meteorological table for London, 1916
(Pages 58-61) 23. Meteorological elements at several stations, 1916
(431 pages) Abstracts
Abstracts(Pages 62-79) Marriages
Marriages(Pages 62-64) In registration counties and districts
(Pages 65-75) In England and Wales
In England and Wales(Page 65) Civil condition of persona married at each year of age
(Page 66) Of divorced persons
(Pages 67-75) Ages in combination
Ages in combination(Pages 76-79) In England and Wales and registration counties by age and condition
(Pages 80-112) 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 113-492) Deaths
Deaths(Page 113) By sex, and for females by condition as to marriage, at each year of age
(Pages 114-127) By sex and age
By sex and age(Pages 114-115) Metropolitan boroughs
(Pages 116-120) County boroughs
(Pages 121-127) Urban and rural portions of counties
(Pages 128-229) From various causes by sex and age
From various causes by sex and age(Pages 128-157) England and Wales
(Pages 158-175) London
(Pages 176-193) County boroughs
(Pages 194-211) Other urban districts
(Pages 212-229) Rural districts
(Pages 230-247) In each quarter of the year, distinguishing sex and cause, in different classes of area
(Pages 248-249) Of non-civilians in England and Wales, distinguishing age and cause
(Pages 249-376) By sex and short list of causes and ages
By sex and short list of causes and ages(Pages 249-259) Summarized areas
(Pages 260-274) Metropolitan boroughs
(Pages 275-315) County boroughs
(Pages 316-376) Urban and rural portions of counties
Urban and rural portions of counties(Page 316) Bedfordshire
(Page 317) Berkshire
(Page 318) Buckinghamshire
(Page 319) Cambridgeshire
(Page 320) Cheshire
(Page 321) Cornwall
(Page 322) Cumberland
(Page 323) Derbyshire
(Page 324) Devonshire
(Page 325) Dorsetshire
(Page 326) Durham
(Page 327) Isle of Ely
(Page 328) Essex
(Page 329) Gloucestershire
(Page 330) Herefordshire
(Page 331) Hertfordshire
(Page 332) Huntingdonshire
(Page 333) Kent
(Page 334) Lancashire
(Page 335) Leicestershire
(Pages 336-338) Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire(Page 339) Middlesex
(Page 340) Monmouthshire
(Page 341) Norfolk
(Page 342) Northamptonshire
(Page 343) Northumberland
(Page 344) Nottinghamshire
(Page 345) Oxfordshire
(Page 346) Peterborough, Soke of
(Page 347) Rutlandshire
(Page 348) Shropshire
(Page 349) Somersetshire
(Page 350) Southampton
(Page 351) Staffordshire
(Page 352) Suffolk, East
(Page 353) Suffolk, West
(Page 354) Surrey
(Page 355) Sussex, East
(Page 356) Sussex, West
(Page 357) Warwickshire
(Page 358) Westmorland
(Page 359) Wight, Isle of
(Page 360) Wiltshire
(Page 361) Worcestershire
(Pages 362-364) Yorkshire
Yorkshire(Page 365) Anglesey
(Page 366) Brecknockshire
(Page 367) Cardiganshire
(Page 368) Carmarthenshire
(Page 369) Carnarvonshire
(Page 370) Denbighshire
(Page 371) Flintshire
(Page 372) Glamorganshire
(Page 373) Merionethshire
(Page 374) Montgomeryshire
(Page 375) Pembrokeshire
(Page 376) Radnorshire
(Pages 377-476) By sex and short list of causes in administrative areas
By sex and short list of causes in administrative areas(Page 378) Bedfordshire
(Page 379) Berkshire
(Pages 380-381) Buckinghamshire
(Page 381) Cambridgeshire
(Pages 381-384) Cheshire
(Pages 384-387) Cornwall
(Pages 387-388) Cumberland
(Pages 388-391) Derbyshire
(Pages 391-393) Devonshire
(Pages 393-395) Dorsetshire
(Pages 395-397) Durham
(Pages 397-398) Isle of Ely
(Pages 398-401) Essex
(Pages 401-403) Gloucestershire
(Pages 403-404) Herefordshire
(Pages 404-406) Hertfordshire
(Pages 406-407) Huntingdonshire
(Pages 407-410) Kent
(Pages 410-417) Lancashire
(Pages 417-418) Leicestershire
(Pages 418-421) Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire(Pages 421-423) Middlesex
(Pages 423-425) Monmouthshire
(Pages 425-427) Norfolk
(Pages 427-428) Northamptonshire
(Pages 428-430) Northumberland
(Pages 430-431) Nottinghamshire
(Pages 432-433) Oxfordshire
(Page 433) Peterborough, Soke of
(Page 433) Rutlandshire
(Pages 433-435) Shropshire
(Pages 435-437) Somersetshire
(Pages 437-439) Southampton
(Pages 439-442) Staffordshire
(Pages 442-443) Suffolk, East
(Pages 443-444) Suffolk, West
(Pages 444-447) Surrey
(Pages 447-448) Sussex, East
(Pages 448-449) Sussex, West
(Pages 449-450) Warwickshire
(Pages 450-451) Westmorland
(Page 451) Wight, Isle of
(Pages 452-453) Wiltshire
(Pages 453-455) Worcestershire
(Pages 455-467) Yorkshire
Yorkshire(Page 467) Anglesey
(Pages 467-468) Brecknockshire
(Pages 468-469) Cardiganshire
(Pages 469-470) Carmarthenshire
(Pages 470-471) Carnarvonshire
(Pages 471-472) Denbighshire
(Page 472) Flintshire
(Pages 472-474) Glamorganshire
(Pages 474-475) Merionethshire
(Page 475) Montgomeryshire
(Pages 475-476) Pembrokeshire
(Page 476) Radnorshire
(Pages 477-488) Deaths from accident, negligence, battle, and execution in England and Wales, distinguishing age, and cause or nature of accident; males and females
(Pages 489-490) Deaths from suicide in England and Wales, distinguishing age and method; males and females
(Page 491) Deaths from murder in England and Wales, distinguishing age and method; males and females
(Page 492) Deaths from manslaughter and justifiable homicide in England and Wales, distinguishing age and method; males and females