Fiftieth annual report of the registrar-general
Table of Contents
(Pages i-iv) Title page & contents
(86 pages)
Report
Report(Pages v-vii) Population. Probable approximate accuracy of official estimate
(Pages vii-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; signatures in marriage registers; buildings registered for the solemnisation of marriages; certified places of worship
(Page x) Births. Numbers and rates; sex; illegitimate births
(Pages x-xvi) Deaths. General death-rate; sex; ages; infant mortality; deaths of reputed centenarians; urban and rural mortality; registered causes of death; zymotic or specific febrile diseases; constitutional, developmental, and local diseases; deaths from violence; imperfection of statistical records of causes of death; ill-defined and not-specified causes; certification of the causes of death
(Page xvi) 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 xvi-xvii) The army and navy. Strength and mortality of the army at home and abroad; strength and mortality of the navy
(Page xvii) Births and deaths of British subjects at sea; marine register book; mortality of mercantile marine
(Pages xvii-xviii) International vital statistics. Marriage, birth, and death rates
(Pages xviii-xxxiv) Fifty years of civil registration. Opposition of clergy to births and deaths registration act, 1837; prophecies of failure not fulfilled; act supported by legal and medical professions; addition to mean duration of life through effect of act upon sanitary progress; difficulty in getting satisfactory certificates of causes of death from medical practitioners and coroners; geographical distribution of fatal diseases; relation of mortality from different diseases to sex and age; detailed examination of these relations as regards 43 causes of death or groups of causes, with table
(Pages xxxv-xxxvi) Meteorology; remarks by James Glaisher, Esq., F. R. S
(Pages xxxvii-xc) Preliminary tables
Preliminary tables(Pages xxxviii-xxxix) 1. Population of the United Kingdom estimated to the middle of each of the years 1801-88, exclusive of the population of the Islands in the British Seas, and of the portions of the army, navy, and merchant service abroad
(Page xl) 2. England. Annual marriage-, birth-, and death-rates, 1838-87
(Page xli) 3. England. Annual marriage-, birth-, and death-rates, in groups of years, 1838-87
(Page xli) 4. England. Annual marriage-, birth-, and death-rates in each quarter; in groups of years, 1838-80, and in each year, 1881-87
(Page xlii) 5. England. Marriages; manner of solemnization, 1841-87
(Page xliii) 6. England. Marriages; manner of solemnization, in counties, 1887
(Page xliv) 7. England. First marriages, re-marriages, marriages of minors, and signatures by mark, 1841-87
(Page xlv) 8. England. Marriages, marriages of minors, and signatures by mark, in counties, 1877-1886, and 1887
(Page xlvi) 9. England. Buildings for the solemnisation of marriage on the register, 31st December 1887
(Page xlvii) 10. England. Birth-, and death-rates in counties, 1877-86 and 1887
(Page xlviii) 11. England. Annual death-rates at twelve groups of ages, 1838-87. Males
(Page xlix) 12. England. Annual death-rates at twelve groups of ages, 1838-87. Females
(Page l) 13. England. Annual death-rates at twelve age-periods in groups of years, 1838-87. Males and females
(Page li) 14. England. Death-rates, at twelve groups of ages, in registration counties, 1887
(Pages lii-liii) 15. England. Deaths from various causes, 1863-87
(Pages liv-lv) 16. England. Annual death-rates, from various causes, to a million persons living, 1863-87
(Pages lvi-lvii) 17. England. Annual death-rates from various causes, to a million persons living, in groups of years, 1858-85
(Page lviii) 18. England. Annual death-rates, from the principal zymotic diseases, and infant mortality, 1838-87
(Page lix) 19. London. Annual death-rates, from the principal zymotic diseases, and infant mortality, 1838-87
(Pages lx-lxi) 20. England. Death-rates from several causes in registration counties, 1887
(Page lxii) 21. England. Death-rates of persons, males, and females, from various causes, 1887
(Page lxiii) 22. England. Deaths from various causes to a million deaths from all causes, 1887
(Page lxiv) 23. England. Deaths from measles, scarlet fever, fever, whooping-couch, and puerperal fever and childbirth, in registration counties in 1877-86, and 1887
(Page lxv) 24. England. Death-rates in town and county districts, 1851-87
(Page lxv) 25. England. Town and country districts. Annual death-rates in each quarter of the seven years, 1881-87
(Page lxvi) 26. Names on the register, searches, and fees received, at the general register office, 1837-87
(Page lxvii) 27. Islands in the British Seas. Area and population; and births, and deaths, 1871-1887
(Page lxvii) 28. United Kingdom. Emigration, 1871-87
(Page lxviii) 29. Army. Strength and mortality, 1864-87
(Page lxviii) 30. Royal navy. Mortality in the service afloat, 1856-1887
(Page lxix) 31. Merchant service. Strength and mortality of seamen at sea, 1852-87
(Page lxix) 32. Merchant service. Births and deaths at sea among passengers (British subjects), 1857-1887
(Pages lxx-lxxi) 33. Meteorological elements, Greenwich, 1849-1887. By James Glaisher, Esq., F. R. S
(Pages lxx-lxxi) 34. Meteorological elements for different parallels of latitude, 1887. By James Glaisher, Esq., F. R. S
(Pages lxxii-lxxiii) 35. Monthly meteorological elements, Greenwich, 1887
(Pages lxxii-lxxiii) 36. Quarterly meteorological elements, Greenwich, 1887
(Pages lxxiv-lxxv) 37. Mean annual values of meteorological elements from observations at several stations in the year 1887. By James Glaisher, Esq., F. R. S
(Page lxxvi) 38. England. Prices and pauperism, 1838-87
(Page lxxvii) 39. Persons married, births, and deaths per 1000 of the population, in the United Kingdom and in other European states
(Page lxxviii) 40. United Kingdom. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1864-87
(Page lxxviii) 41. England and Wales. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1853-87
(Page lxxix) 42. Scotland. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1855-87
(Page lxxix) 43. Ireland. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1864-87
(Page lxxx) 44. Denmark (the kingdom properly so called). Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1850-87
(Page lxxx) 45. Norway. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1871-87
(Page lxxxi) 46. Sweden. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1850-87
(Page lxxxii) 47. Austria. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1853-87
(Page lxxxiii) 48. Hungary. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1866-87
(Page lxxxiii) 49. Switzerland. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1868-87
(Page lxxxiv) 50. German Empire. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1872-87
(Page lxxxiv) 51. Prussia. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1853-87
(Page lxxxv) 52. The Netherlands. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1853-87
(Page lxxxvi) 53. Belgium. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1853-87
(Page lxxxvii) 54. France. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1853-87
(Page lxxxviii) 55. Spain. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1861-84
(Page lxxxviii) 56. Italy. Population, marriages, births, and deaths, 1864-87
(Pages lxxxix-xc) 57. Changes in the constitution of registration districts and sub-districts during the year 1887
(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) Deaths in workhouses, hospitals, and public lunatic asylums
Deaths 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, 1887
Deaths of persons, males, and females, at different ages in registration divisions and counties, 1887(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 208-215) Alphabetical index to report and tables