Forty-fourth annual report of the registrar-general
Table of Contents
(Pages i-iv) Title page & contents
(120 pages) Report
(Page v) Introduction
(Page v) Increase of population
(Pages vi-xiv) Marriages; marriage-rate; relation between marriage rate and commercial activity; favourite seasons and days for marriage; number of marriages celebrated according and not according to the rites of the Established Church; previous condition of persons married; divorce: Ages of persons married; signatures in marriage registers; buildings registered for the solemnization of marriages; certified places of worship
(Page xv) Births. Number registered and birth-rate; illegitimate births and rate; sex
(Pages xv-xxv) Deaths. Number registered; general death-rate; local rates; sex; mortality of males and females at various aged; new classification of the registered causes of death; inadequate certification of causes; registered causes of death of different classes; certification of causes of death
(Page xxv) 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 xxvi) The army. Strength and mortality of the army at home and abroad
(Page xxvi) The navy. Strength and mortality of the navy
(Pages xxvi-xxvii) Births and deaths of British subjects at sea; marine register book; mortality of mercantile marine
(Page xxvii) European states. Marriage, birth, and death rates
(Pages xxix-xxxiv) Appendix to report. Alphabetical list of diseases affected by the changes of classification
(Pages xxxv-xl) Meteorology; remarks by James Glaisher, Esq., F. R. S
(Pages xli-cxxiii) Preliminary tables
(223 pages) Abstracts
(Pages 1-28) Marriages
(Pages 29-91) Births and deaths, in the divisions, counties, districts, and sub-districts of England
(Pages 93-114) Deaths in public institutions, 1881
(Pages 115-136) Deaths at different ages, 1881, in divisions, counties, and districts, distinguishing males and females in divisions and counties
(Pages 137-223) Causes of death at different ages in England and in London. Causes of death in counties. Deaths from several causes in divisions, counties, and districts. Violent deaths
(33 pages) Indices
(Pages 224-239) Indexes of districts, sub-districts, and of certain towns, referring to numbers used in the several tables of abstracts
(Pages 241-254) Alphabetical index to report and tables