Forty-ninth annual report of the registrar-general
Table of Contents
(Pages i-iv) Title page & contents
(78 pages)
Report
Report(Page v) Population
(Pages v-x) Marriages. Marriage-rate; relation between marriage rate and commercial activity; forms of marriage; varying proportions of church marriages in counties; previous civil condition of persons married; ages of persons married, and their variations in different occupations; signatures in marriage registers; buildings registered for the solemnisation of marriages; certified places of worship; religious sects
(Page xi) Births. Numbers and rates; sex; illegitimate births
(Pages xi-xxii) Deaths. General death-rate; sex; ages; infant mortality; urban and rural mortality; registered causes of death; scarlet fever, its case-mortality, and the liability of unprotected persons to attack; decrease of hydrophobia; increase of premature births; increase of deaths attributed to diseases of nervous system and of organs of circulation; imperfection of statistical records of causes of death; deaths from homicide at different age-periods; proportions of executions to verdicts of murder; ill-defined and not-specified causes; certification of the causes of death
(Page xxiii) Progress of registration. Aggregate number of names on the registers; number of searches in the registers and of certificates granted at the central office
(Page xxiii) The army and navy. Strength and mortality of the army at home and abroad; strength and mortality of the navy
(Pages xxiii-xxiv) Births and deaths of British subjects at sea; marine register book; mortality of mercantile marine
(Page xxiv) International vital statistics. Marriage, birth, and death rates
(Pages xxv-xxvii) Meteorology; remarks by James Glaisher, Esq., F. R. S
(Pages xxix-lxxxi) Preliminary tables
Preliminary tables(Pages xxx-xxxi) 1. Population of the United Kingdom estimated to the middle of each of the years 1801-87, exclusive of the population of the Islands in the British Seas, and of the portions of the army, navy, and merchant service abroad
(Page xxxii) 2. England. Annual marriage-, birth-, and death-rates, 1838-86
(Page xxxiii) 3. England. Annual marriage-, birth-, and death-rates, in groups of years, 1838-86
(Page xxxiii) 4. England. Annual marriage-, birth-, and death-rates in each quarter; in groups of years, 1838-80, and in each year, 1881-86
(Page xxxiv) 5. England. Marriages; manner of solemnization, 1841-86
(Page xxxv) 6. England. Marriages; manner of solemnization, in counties, 1886
(Page xxxvi) 7. England. First marriages, re-marriages, marriages of minors, and signatures by mark, 1841-86
(Page xxxvii) 8. England. Marriages, marriages of minors, and signatures by mark, in counties, 1876-1885, and 1886
(Page xxxviii) 9. England. Buildings for the solemnisation of marriage on the register, 31st December 1886
(Page xxxix) 10. England. Birth-, and death-rates in counties, 1876-85 and 1886
(Page xl) 11. England. Annual death-rates at twelve groups of ages, 1838-86. Males
(Page xli) 12. England. Annual death-rates at twelve groups of ages, 1838-86. Females
(Page xlii) 13. England. Annual death-rates at twelve groups of ages in groups of years, 1838-86. Males and females
(Page xliii) 14. England. Death-rates, at twelve groups of ages, in registration counties, 1886
(Pages xliv-xlv) 15. England. Deaths from various causes, 1862-86
(Pages xlvi-xlvii) 16. England. Annual death-rates, from various causes, to a million persons living, 1862-86
(Pages xlviii-xlix) 17. England. Annual death-rates from various causes, to a million persons living, in groups of years, 1858-85
(Page l) 18. England. Annual death-rates, from the principal zymotic diseases, and infant mortality, 1838-86
(Page li) 19. London. Annual death-rates, from the principal zymotic diseases, and infant mortality, 1838-86
(Pages lii-liii) 20. England. Death from several causes in registration counties, 1886
(Page liv) 21. England. Death-rates of persons, males, and females, from various causes, 1886
(Page lv) 22. England. Deaths from various causes to a million deaths from all causes, 1886
(Page lvi) 23. England. Deaths from measles, scarlet fever, fever, whooping-couch, and puerperal fever and childbirth, in registration counties in 1871-80, and 1886
(Page lvi) 24. England. Death-rates in town and county districts, 1851-86
(Page lvii) 25. England. Town and country districts. Annual death-rates in each quarter of the six years, 1881-86
(Page lviii) 26. England. Statistics of prices and of pauperism, 1853-86
(Page lix) 27. Names on the register, searches, and fees received, at the general register office, 1837-86
(Page lx) 28. Islands in the British Seas. Area and population; and births, and deaths, 1871-1886
(Page lx) 29. United Kingdom. Emigration, 1871-86
(Page lxi) 30. Army. Strength and mortality, 1864-86
(Page lxi) 31. Royal navy. Mortality in the service afloat, 1856-1886
(Page lxii) 32. Merchant service. Strength and mortality of seamen at sea, 1852-86
(Page lxii) 33. Merchant service. Births and deaths at sea among passengers (British subjects), 1857-1886
(Page lxiii) 34. Changes in the constitution of registration districts and sub-districts during the year 1886
(Pages lxiv-lxv) 35. Meteorological elements, Greenwich, 1849-1886. By James Glaisher, Esq., F. R. S
(Pages lxiv-lxv) 36. Meteorological elements for different parallels of latitude, 1886. By James Glaisher, Esq., F. R. S
(Pages lxvi-lxvii) 37. Monthly meteorological elements, Greenwich, 1886
(Pages lxvi-lxvii) 38. Quarterly meteorological elements, Greenwich, 1886
(Pages lxviii-lxix) 39. Mean annual values of meteorological elements from observations at several stations in the year 1886. By James Glaisher, Esq., F. R. S
(Page lxx) 40. Persons married, births, and deaths per 1000 of the population, in the United Kingdom and in other European states
(Page lxxi) 41. United Kingdom. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1864-86
(Page lxxi) 42. England and Wales. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1853-86
(Page lxxii) 43. Scotland. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1855-86
(Page lxxii) 44. Ireland. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1864-86
(Page lxxiii) 45. Denmark (the kingdom properly so called). Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1850-86
(Page lxxiii) 46. Norway. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1871-86
(Page lxxiv) 47. Sweden. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1850-86
(Page lxxv) 48. Austria. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1853-85
(Page lxxvi) 49. Hungary. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1866-86
(Page lxxvi) 50. Switzerland. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1868-86
(Page lxxvii) 51. German Empire. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1872-86
(Page lxxvii) 52. Prussia. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1853-86
(Page lxxviii) 53. The Netherlands. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1853-86
(Page lxxix) 54. Belgium. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1853-86
(Page lxxx) 55. France. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1853-86
(Page lxxxi) 56. Spain. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1861-78
(Page lxxxi) 57. Italy. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1864-86
(191 pages) Abstracts
Abstracts(Pages 1-70) Births, deaths, and marriages
Births, deaths, and marriages(Pages 2-63) Births (distinguishing legitimate and illegitimate), deaths and marriages registered in England, and in its registration divisions, counties, and districts; and births and deaths in sub-districts
Births (distinguishing legitimate and illegitimate), deaths and marriages registered in England, and in its registration divisions, counties, and districts; and births and deaths in sub-districts(Pages 2-3) Summary of England, its divisions and counties
(Pages 4-7) London
(Pages 8-14) South Eastern counties
(Pages 15-20) South Midland counties
(Pages 20-25) Eastern counties
(Pages 25-32) South Western counties
(Pages 33-40) West Midland counties
(Pages 40-44) North Midland counties
(Pages 44-48) North Western counties
(Pages 49-54) Yorkshire
(Pages 54-58) Northern counties
(Pages 58-63) Monmouthshire and Wales
(Pages 64-67) Marriages, analysis of, in registration divisions and counties; distinguishing the mode of solemnisation, the number in each quarter of the year, the previous civil condition of persons married, those not of full age, and the signatures in the marriage register
(Pages 68-70) Ages of persons married, distinguishing those of bachelors, spinsters, widowers, widows
(Pages 71-92) Death in workhouses, hospitals, and public lunatic asylums
Death in workhouses, hospitals, and public lunatic asylums(Pages 71-92) Deaths of males and females in public institutions
(Pages 93-103) Deaths of persons, males, and females, at different ages. In registration divisions and counties
Deaths of persons, males, and females, at different ages. In registration divisions and counties(Pages 93-103) Deaths of males and females at different age-periods in registration divisions and counties
(Pages 105-191) Causes of death at different ages in England and in London. Causes of death in registration counties. Deaths from several causes in registration divisions, counties and districts. Violent deaths
Causes of death at different ages in England and in London. Causes of death in registration counties. Deaths from several causes in registration divisions, counties and districts. Violent deaths(Pages 106-113) Causes of death of males and females in England and Wales at different age-periods
(Pages 114-121) Causes of death of males and females in London at different age-periods
(Pages 122-145) Causes of death of males and females in each registration county
(Pages 146-178) Deaths from certain selected causes, and inquest cases, in registration divisions, counties, and districts
(Pages 179-185) Deaths from accident and negligence, distinguishing sex, age, and cause or character of accident
(Pages 186-187) Deaths from suicide, distinguishing sex, age, and method
(Pages 188-189) Deaths from murder, distinguishing sex, age, and method
(Pages 190-191) Deaths from manslaughter distinguishing sex, age, and method
(25 pages) Indices
Indices(Pages 192-207) Indexes of districts, sub-districts, and of certain towns, referring to numbers used in the several tables of abstracts
(Pages 208-214) Alphabetical index to report and tables