Forty-seventh annual report of the registrar-general
Table of Contents
(Pages i-iv) Title page & contents
(108 pages) Report
(Page v) Increase of population
(Pages v-viii) Marriages. Marriage-rate; relation between marriage bate and commercial activity; forms of marriage; previous condition of persons married; ages of persons married; signatures in marriage registers; certified places of worship; buildings registered for the solemnisation of marriages
(Page ix) Births. Numbers and rates; sex; illegitimate births
(Pages ix-xxv) Deaths. General death-rate; effect of meteorological conditions; sex; ages; urban and rural mortality; registered causes of death; geographical and seasonal distribution of some zymotic diseases; mortality from cancer; 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 xxv) The army. Strength and mortality of the army at home and abroad
(Page xxv) The navy. Strength and mortality of the navy
(Page xxvi) Births and deaths of British subjects at sea; marine register book; mortality of mercantile marine
(Pages xxvi-xxvii) International vital statistics. Marriage, birth, and death rates
(Pages xxviii-xxx) Meteorology; remarks by James Glaisher, Esq., F. R. S
(Pages xxxi-cxi) 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 workhouses, hospitals, and public lunatic asylums
(Pages 115-136) Deaths at different ages, 1884, 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 241-256) Alphabetical index to report and tables