Thirty-eighth annual report of the registrar-general
Table of Contents
(Pages i-iv) Title page & contents
(132 pages)
Report
Report(Pages v-viii) General review of facts for the year
(Pages viii-x) Amendment of the registration act
(Pages x-xiii) Emigration from the United Kingdom
(Page xiii) Increase of population
(Pages xiii-xv) Meteorology at Greenwich; prices of wheat, meat and potatoes; pauperism
(Pages xv-xxiv) Marriages; facilities for marriage; marriage-rate; number celebrated according and not according to the rites of the Established Church; conditions of persons married; ages of persons married; marriages of minors; signatures in marriage registers; educational condition of different counties, as shown by the signatures of marriage registers; buildings registered for the solemnization of marriages; certified places of worship; designations of religious bodies
(Pages xxiv-xxvii) Births. Number registered; birth-rate; sex; still-born children; children born out of wedlock
(Pages xxvii-liii) Deaths. Number registered; death-rate; mortality in town and country; mortality of males and females at various ages; seasons; locality; sanitary state of 18 urban registration districts; mortality of children under one year of age in England; and from different causes in 15 large towns; mortality of illegitimate infants; mortality of infants at each month of age; mortality of illegitimate infants from different causes. Death-rate of children under five years of age; deaths in public institutions
(Page liii) Progress of registration. Aggregate number of names on the registers, particulars as to the alphabetical index to the names, and number of searches in the registers and of certificates granted at the central office
(Pages liv-lv) United Kingdom. Population, emigration, marriage, birth, and death rates
(Page lv) The army. Strength and mortality of the army at home and abroad
(Pages lv-lvii) The navy. Strength and mortality of the navy
(Pages lvii-lviii) 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 lviii-lix) Wills. Calendars of grants of probate and administration kept at the general register office; numbers and values of probates and administrations
(Pages lix-lxii) European states. Marriage, birth, and death rates; area and population of Europe
(Pages lxiii-lxiv) Mean age at death of men and women married and unmarried
(Pages lxv-lxvii) Meteorology; remarks by James Glaisher, Esq., F. R. S
(Pages lxix-cxxxv) Preliminary tables
Preliminary tables(Page lxx) 1. Estimated population, and number of marriages, births, and deaths registered in England in each of the thirty-eight years 1838-75
(Page lxxi) 2. Proportion of persons married, births, and deaths to the population of England, in each of the thirty-eight years 1838-75
(Page lxxii) 3. Marriages in England in each of the thirty-five years 1841-75
(Page lxxiii) 4. Proportion per cent. of marriages in England in each of the thirty-five years 1841-75, solemnised according to, and not according to, the rites of the Established Church; also of civil marriages in superintendent registrar's office
(Page lxxiv) 5. Marriages in England in the thirty-five years 1841-1875, civil conditions of persons married; number of minors married; and of persons who signed the marriage register with marks
(Page lxxv) 6. Marriages in England, and annual rate of persons married per 1000 living, in each quarter of the thirty-eight years 1838-75
(Page lxxvi) 7. 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-five years 1841-75
(Page lxxvii) 8. Persons married to 1000 persons living in the several counties of England during each of the eleven years 1865-75
(Page lxxviii) 9. Proportional numbers of persons married in the several counties of England during the year 1875; of persons, who signed the register with marks; of persons not of full age; and of re-marriages
(Page lxxix) 10. Number of buildings registered for the solemnization of marriages, and on the register on 31st December 1875; classified according to the several Christian denominations by whom they were registered
(Page lxxx) 11. Marriages of divorced men and women in each of the fifteen years 1861-75, and the districts in which they were celebrated in 1875
(Page lxxxi) 12. Legitimate and illegitimate births in England in the years 1838-75; proportion of males to females born
(Page lxxxii) 13. Proportion of illegitimate children to every 100 births in the several counties of England in each of the eleven years 1865-75
(Page lxxxiii) 14. Number and annual rate per 1000 living, of births in England during each quarter of the thirty-eight years 1838-75
(Page lxxxiv) 15. Proportional number of births in each quarter to 1000 births in the average quarter of each of the thirty-eight years 1838-75
(Page lxxxv) 16. Number and proportion of male and female children born in and out of wedlock in several counties of England during the year 1875
(Page lxxxvi) 17. Proportion of male and female children born in the several counties of England in each of the eleven years, 1865-75
(Page lxxxvii) 18. Births to 1000 persons living in the several counties of England during each of the eleven years, 1865-75
(Page lxxxviii) 19. Estimated population and annual rate of mortality of males and of females in England, in each of the thirty-eight years 1838-75; and proportion of deaths of males to those of females
(Page lxxxix) 20. Deaths of 87 persons (22 males and 65 females) returned as aged 100 years and upwards in England and Wales during the year 1875
(Page xc) 21. England. Deaths registered at different ages in each of the thirty-eight years 1838-75. Males
(Page xci) 22. England. Deaths registered at different ages in each of the thirty-eight years 1838-75. Females
(Page xcii) 23. England. Mortality per 1000 at twelve groups of ages in thirty-eight years 1838-75. Males
(Page xciii) 24. England. Annual rates of mortality per 1000 of males living at twelve groups of ages in each of the thirty-eight years 1838-75
(Page xciv) 25. England. Mortality per 1000 at twelve groups of ages in thirty-eight years 1838-75. Females
(Page xcv) 26. England. Annual rates of mortality per 1000 of females living at twelve groups of ages in each of the thirty-eight years 1838-75
(Page xcvi) 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 1875
(Page xcvii) 28. England. Annual rate of mortality per 1000 persons, living at twelve groups of age, in each of the registration counties, during 1875
(Page xcviii) 29. Number, and annual rate per 1000 persons living, of deaths in England during each quarter of the thirty-eight years 1838-75
(Page xcix) 30. Proportional number of deaths in each quarter to 1000 deaths in the average quarter of each of the thirty-eight years 1838-75
(Page c) 31. Death to 1000 persons living in the several counties of England during each of the eleven years, 1865-75
(Page ci) 32. Annual rate of mortality per 1000 in town and county districts of England in each quarter of the eleven years 1865-1875
(Page ci) 33. 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 1875, and in each quarter of that year
(Page cii) 34. The average prices of consols of wheat, of meat, and of potatoes, and also the average number of paupers relieved on the last day of the week, in each of the twenty-four years 1852-75, and in each quarter of the eleven years 1865-1875
(Page ciii) 35. Mean temperature and annual rates of mortality per 1000 persons living in eighteen English towns of the United Kingdom, in each week of 1875
(Page civ) 36. Annual rate of mortality from all causes and from the principal zymotic diseases in each of the years 1871-75, in fifty town districts of England and Wales
(Page cv) 37. Population; births and deaths; and rates of mortality, during the year 1875 in fifty large town districts
(Page cvi) 38. Population; persons to an acre; births and deaths; annual birth and death rates; mean temperature and rainfall, in the year 1875, in London and twenty other large towns of the United Kingdom
(Page cvi) 39. London. Deaths in public institutions in the 52 or 53 weeks of the thirteen years 1863-75
(Page cvii) 40. London. Population, births, deaths, and rate of mortality in the thirteen years 1863 to 1875
(Page cviii) 41. London. Annual rate of mortality in each of the 36 years 1840-1875
(Page cix) 42. London. Deaths and meteorology in the thirty-six years 1840-75
(Pages cx-cxi) 43. Mean annual value of meteorological elements in the year 1875. By James Glaisher, Esq., F. R. S
(Pages cxii-cxiii) 44. Mean annual value of meteorological elements in the year 1875 for different parallels of latitude
(Pages cxii-cxiii) 45. Meteorology of Greenwich in the twenty-seven years 1849-1875
(Page cxiv) 46. Aggregate number of names on the register at the end of each of the thirty-nine years 1837-75; also the number of searches in the registers at the central office (exclusive of searches in non-parochial registers), and the total amount of fees received for all searches and certificates
(Page cxv) 47. Area, estimated population, and marriages, births, and deaths registered in the United Kingdom, in the year 1875
(Page cxv) 48. Proportion per 1000 of marriages, births, and deaths to the population of the United Kingdom in the year 1875
(Page cxvi) 49. Population, area, births, and deaths in the Islands in the British Seas in the twenty-five years 1851-1874
(Page cxvii) 50. Emigration in each of the sixty-one years from 1815 to 1875 inclusive
(Page cxviii) 51. Emigration in 1875
(Pages cxviii-cxix) 52. Occupation, sex, and general destination of the emigrants in 1875
(Page cxx) 53. Average strength of the army at home, in the year 1875
(Page cxx) 54. Average strength of the English army in each of the fifteen years 1861-75, and its distribution in different parts of the United Kingdom and abroad
(Page cxx) 55. Average strength, deaths, and annual rate of mortality per 1000 of the army in the United Kingdom in 1875
(Page cxxi) 56. Average strength of the British army abroad in each of the years 1872-75
(Page cxxi) 57. Number of deaths in the British army during each of the four years 1872-1875
(Page cxxi) 58. Annual rate of mortality per 1000 amongst the officers and non-commissioned officers and men in the army abroad, in each of the eighteen years 1858-75
(Page cxxii) 59. Nationality of the army serving at home and abroad in 1861 and 1871
(Page cxxii) 60. 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 eighteen years 1858-1875
(Page cxxiii) 61. Births and deaths among passengers, British subjects, on board merchant vessels at sea, exclusive of soldiers, marines, and invalided seamen from the royal navy, in each of the twenty years 1856-1875
(Page cxxiv) 62. Mortality of merchant seamen at sea, in the twenty-four years 1852-75
(Page cxxv) 63. Return of the ages, ratings, and causes of death of 4076 seamen reported to the board of trade as having died in the British merchant service in 1875
(Pages cxxvi-cxxvii) 64. Population of the United Kingdom estimated to the middle of each of the seventy-seven years 1801-77, exclusive of the population of the Islands in the British Seas, and of the portions of the army, navy, and merchant service abroad
(Page cxxviii) 65. Estimated population of the United Kingdom, (including Islands in the British Seas) with army, navy, and merchant seamen abroad belonging thereto
(Page cxxviii) 66. Logarithms of the above population of the United Kingdom
(Page cxxix) 67. Proportions of persons married, births, and deaths per 1000 of the population in England and Wales, and in Denmark, Sweden, Austria, Prussia, the Netherlands, France, Spain, and Italy
(Page cxxx) 68. England and Wales. Population; number, and proportion per 1000, of persons married, births, and deaths, in each of the years 1853 to 1875
(Page cxxx) 69. 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 1875
(Page cxxxi) 70. Sweden. Population; number, and proportion per 1000, of persons married, births, and deaths, in each of the years 1850 to 1875
(Page cxxxi) 71. Austria. Population; number, and proportion per 1000, of persons married, births, and deaths, in each of the years 1853 to 1875
(Page cxxxii) 72. Prussia. Population; number, and proportion per 1000, of persons married, births, and deaths, in each of the years 1853 to 1875
(Page cxxxii) 73. The Netherlands. Population; number, and proportion per 1000, of persons married, births, and deaths, in each of the years 1853 to 1875
(Page cxxxiii) 74. France. Population; number, and proportion per 1000, of persons married, births, and deaths, in each of the years 1853 to 1875
(Page cxxxiii) 75. Spain. Population; number, and proportion per 1000, of persons married, births, and deaths, in each of the ten years 1861 to 1870
(Page cxxxiv) 76. Italy (inclusive of Venetia). Population; number, and proportion per 1000, of persons married, births, and deaths, in each of the years 1863 to 1875
(Page cxxxv) 77. Changes in the constitution of the superintendent registrars' districts and registration sub-districts during the year 1875
(222 pages) Abstracts
Abstracts(Pages 1-28) Marriages
Marriages(Pages 2-25) Marriages registered in England in each of the registration divisions and counties, and districts; distinguishing those according and those not according to the rites of the Established Church; in each quarter of the year; and distinguishing also persons married according to their conjugal condition, 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 1875. Births and deaths, in the divisions, counties, districts, and sub-districts of England, in the year 1875
Marriages, in the divisions, counties, and districts of England in the year 1875. Births and deaths, in the divisions, counties, districts, and sub-districts of England, in the year 1875(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 1875, in divisions and counties
Births, illegitimate births and deaths, registered in each of the four quarters of the year 1875, 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 99-119) Deaths in public institutions, 1875
Deaths in public institutions, 1875(Pages 99-119) Deaths of males and females in public institutions
(Pages 121-143) Deaths at different ages, 1875, in divisions, counties, and districts, distinguishing males and females
Deaths at different ages, 1875, 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
(52 pages) Appendix
Appendix(Page 224) Contents of appendix
(Pages 225-236) Letter to the registrar-general on the causes of death in England, by William Farr, Esq., M. D., F. R. S
Letter to the registrar-general on the causes of death in England, by William Farr, Esq., M. D., F. R. S(Pages 225-236) Causes of death
Causes of death(Pages 230-231) (1) zymotic diseases
(Page 231) (2) constitutional diseases
(Pages 231-234) (3) local diseases
(Page 234) (4) developmental diseases
(Pages 234-236) (5) violence
(Pages 237-274) Tables
Tables(Pages 238-266) Tables (miscellaneous)
(Pages 267-271) Table of causes of death in England in 1875, classified in accordance with the nomenclature drawn up by a committee appointed by the royal college of physicians of London
(Pages 272-274) Tables showing particulars contained in the abstracts of causes of death in England and London in the registrar general's annual reports, 1837-75
(34 pages) Indices
Indices(Pages 275-289) Index of districts, sub-districts, and of certain towns, referring to numbers used in the several tables of abstracts
(Pages 290-307) Alphabetical index to report, tables, and appendix