(Page xvii) Standardization of death-rates for differences of sex-and age-constitution between total populations and for differences of age-constitution between sex populations

(Pages xvii-xviii) Mortality by sex and age: Effect of war conditions

(Page xviii)

Mortality of each sex

(Page xviii) Male excess at various ages

(Pages xviii-xix) Mortality at different ages

(Pages xix-xxii)

Infant mortality in 1915 and other recent years

(Page xix) In different classes of area and parts of the country, 1915

(Pages xx-xxii)

Causes of infant mortality

(Page xx) Increase or decrease at various ages as compared with 1910-14 and 1914

(Pages xx-xxi) Infant mortality from developmental and wasting diseases, 1886-1915)

(Pages xxi-xxii) By sex, age, and legitimacy, 1915

(Page xxii) In urban and rural areas

(Pages xxii-xxiii) Centenarians

(Pages xxiii-xxiv)

Causes of death

(Page xxiii) Details shown for various areas

(Pages xxiii-xxiv) Comparison of registrar-general's with international short list

(Page xxiv)

Enteric fever

(Page xxiv) Trend of mortality

(Page xxiv) Small-pox

(Pages xxiv-xxv)

Measles

(Pages xxiv-xxv) Trend of mortality

(Page xxv) Mortality in administrative areas

(Page xxv)

Scarlet fever

(Page xxv) Trend of mortality

(Page xxv) Mortality in administrative areas

(Page xxvi)

Whooping cough

(Page xxvi) Trend of mortality

(Page xxvi) Mortality in administrative areas

(Page xxvi)

Diphtheria and croup

(Page xxvi) Trend of mortality

(Page xxvi) Mortality in administrative areas

(Page xxvi)

Influenza

(Page xxvi) Trend of mortality

(Page xxvi) Vaccinia

(Pages xxvi-xxviii)

Tuberculosis

(Pages xxvi-xxvii) Trend of mortality

(Page xxvii) Crude and standardized death-rates

(Page xxvii) Mortality by sex and age

(Pages xxvii-xxviii) Effect of war conditions

(Pages xxviii-xxix)

Phthisis

(Pages xxviii-xxix) The title more comprehensive than in old list

(Page xxix) Crude and standardized death-rates

(Page xxix) Mortality by sex and age

(Pages xxix-xxx)

Tuberculous meningitis

(Pages xxix-xxx) Trend of mortality

(Page xxx)

Tuberculosis of the peritoneum and intestines

(Page xxx) Trend of mortality

(Page xxx)

Other tuberculous diseases

(Page xxx) Trend of mortality

(Pages xxx-xxxvi)

Cancer

(Pages xxx-xxxi) Trend of mortality

(Page xxxi) Crude and standardized mortality

(Pages xxxi-xxxii) Mortality by sex and age

(Pages xxxii-xxxiv) Sites of fatal cancer at ages in each sex

(Page xxxiv) Mortality by sex and age from cancer of various parts of the body

(Pages xxxiv-xxxv) Comparison of the frequency of cancer of various sites in institutions and elsewhere, with distinction of sex and age

(Pages xxxv-xxxvi) Age-distribution of mortality from cancer of various sites in institutions and elsewhere

(Pages xxxvi-xxxvii)

Tumours (not returned as malignant)

(Pages xxxvi-xxxvii) Classification by sex, age, and part of the body affected

(Pages xxxvii-xxxviii)

Alcoholism

(Pages xxxvii-xxxviii) The title less comprehensive than in old list

(Page xxxviii)

Alcoholism as a secondary cause of death

(Page xxxviii) Classification of deaths by sex, age, and primary cause

(Page xxxviii) Poliomyelitis

(Pages xxxix-xl)

Cerebro-spinal fever

(Page xxxix) Use of term

(Pages xxxix-xl) Mortality and fatality

(Pages xl-xli)

Posterior basal meningitis

(Pages xl-xli) Use of term

(Page xli) Mortality and fatality

(Pages xli-xliii)

Pneumonia

(Pages xli-xlii) Trend of mortality

(Pages xlii-xliii) Mortality in different classes of area and parts of the country

(Pages xliii-xlvi)

The puerperal state

(Pages xliii-xlv) Details of cause of death, distinguishing age

(Pages xlv-xlvi) Deaths at ages from various causes associated with pregnancy or childbirth

(Pages xlvi-xlviii)

Anaesthetics

(Page xlvi) Difference from former practice in tabulation

(Pages xlvi-xlvii) Deaths connected with the administration of various anaesthetics, distinguishing sex and age

(Pages xlvii-xlviii) Conditions for which anaesthetics were administered

(Page xlviii) Status lymphaticus

(Pages xlviii-xlix)

Suicide

(Page xlviii) Trend of mortality

(Pages xlviii-xlix) Mortality by sex and age

(Pages xlix-l)

Ill-defined causes of death

(Page xlix) Deaths so classified and comparison with previous years

(Pages xlix-l) Effects upon tabulation of the inquiries addressed to coroners and medical practitioners, and their importance

(Pages l-lix)

Certification of causes of death

(Pages l-li) Trend of certification

(Pages li-liv) Inquests by sex, age, area, and cause

(Pages liv-lv) Causes investigated by inquest in 1898 and 1915

(Pages lv-lviii) Uncertified deaths by sex, age, area, and cause

(Pages lviii-lix) Proportions of inquest cases and of uncertified deaths in registration counties

(Page lix)

Deaths in institutions for the sick or infirm

(Page lix) Proportion of total mortality occurring in various classes of institutions

(Pages lix-lxi)

United Kingdom

(Page lix) Population

(Pages lix-lx) Marriages

(Page lx) Births

(Pages lx-lxi) Deaths

(Page lxi) Infant mortality

(Page lxi) Births and deaths at sea

(Page lxi) Progress of registration

(Pages lxi-lxii) Offences against the registration acts

(Page lxii) Searches and certificates

(Pages lxiii-lxviii) Meteorology of the year 1915

(82 pages)

Tables

(Page 1) List of tables temporarily discontinued

(Pages 2-3) 1 United Kingdom: Population of its several portions estimated to the middle of each of the years 1866-1915

(Page 4) 2 (formerly 5). Marriages, births, and deaths, 1866-1915

(Page 5) 3 (formerly 6). Annual marriage-, birth-, and death-rates and infant mortality, 1838-1915

(Page 6) 4 (formerly 7). Annual marriage-, birth-, and crude death-rates in each quarter in groups of years, 1838-1915, and in each year, 1906-1915

(Page 6) 5 (formerly 8). Churches and chapels of the Established Church and registered buildings in which marriages could be legally solemnized, 31st December, 1915

(Page 7) 6 (formerly 13). Annual death-rates at twelve groups of ages, general death-rate standardized for sex-and age-constitution of population, and infant mortality, 1838-1915, males

(Page 8) 7 (formerly 14). Annual death-rates at twelve groups of ages, general death-rate standardized for sex-and age-constitution of population, and infant mortality, 1838-1915, females

(Page 9) 8 (formerly 15). Annual death-rates at twelve groups of ages, general death-rate standardized for sex-and age-constitution of population, and infant mortality, 1838-1915, persons

(Pages 10-19) 9 (formerly 19). Deaths from various causes at all ages, 1901-1915 males, females, and persons (list of causes as in use prior to 1911)

(Pages 20-29) 10 (formerly 20). Crude annual death-rates from various causes at all ages to a million living, 1901-1915 males, females, and persons (list of causes as in use prior to 1911)

(Pages 30-34) 11 (formerly 21). Crude death-rates at all ages from various causes, 1915 males, females and persons (international list of causes)

(Page 35) 12 (formerly 22). Annual death-rates from the principal epidemic diseases, 1838-1915

(Pages 36-40) 13 (formerly 23). Administrative counties and county boroughs: Mortality from the principal epidemic diseases and from certain other causes, 1914 and 1915

(Pages 41-42) 14 (formerly 29). Infant mortality by sex, age, cause, and legitimacy 1915

(Pages 43-47) 15 (formerly 30). Infant mortality by age, cause, and legitimacy, 1915 classes of administrative areas

(Pages 48-49) 16. Infant mortality by sex, age, cause, and legitimacy 1911-15

(Pages 50-54) 17. Infant mortality by age, cause, and legitimacy 1911-15 classes of administrative areas

(Page 55) 18. Mortality of infants and young children by age and cause, 1891-1900, 1901-10, and 1911-15

(Page 56) 19. Infant mortality in administrative counties, 1911-15 and 1915

(Page 57) 20. Infant mortality in county boroughs, 1911-15 and 1915

(Page 58) 21 (formerly 31). Names on registers, searches, and fees received at the general register office, 1866-1915

(Page 59) 22 (formerly 32). Islands in the British Seas. Area and population; and births and deaths, 1891 1915

(Page 59) 23 (formerly 33). Balance inward or outward on passenger movement into and out of the United Kingdom, 1896-1915

(Pages 60-61) 24 (formerly 37). Meteorological elements, Greenwich, 1866-1915

(Pages 62-63) 25 (formerly 38). Quarterly meteorological elements, 1913

(Pages 64-65) 26 (formerly 39). Meteorological table for London, 1915

(Pages 66-69) 27 (formerly 40). Meteorological elements at several stations, 1915

(Pages 70-73) 28 (formerly 41). Age-constitution of populations of several countries

(Pages 74-82) 29 (formerly 42). International vital statistics

(434 pages)

Abstracts

(Pages 83-88)

Marriages

(Pages 83-85) In registration counties and districts

(Pages 86-88) Of bachelors and spinsters, at each year of age

(Pages 89-121) Estimated civil population, births (legitimate and illegitimate), birth-rate, deaths, crude death-rate and infant mortality in each administrative area

(Pages 122-516)

Deaths

(Page 122) By sex, and for females by condition as to marriage, at each year of age

(Pages 123-136)

By sex and age

(Pages 123-124) Metropolitan boroughs

(Pages 125-129) County boroughs

(Pages 130-136) Urban and rural portions of counties

(Pages 137-516)

Causes of death

(Pages 138-239)

From various causes by sex and age

(Pages 138-167) England and Wales

(Pages 168-185) London

(Pages 186-203) County boroughs

(Pages 204-221) Other urban districts

(Pages 222-239) Rural districts

(Pages 240-257) In each quarter of the year, distinguishing sex and cause, in different classes of area

(Page 258) Of non-civilians in England and Wales, distinguishing age and cause

(Pages 259-273) In various classes of institutions, distinguishing sex, cause, and class of institution in different classes of area

(Pages 274-340)

By sex and short list of causes and ages

(Pages 274-284) Summarized areas

(Pages 285-299) Metropolitan boroughs

(Pages 300-340) County boroughs

(Pages 341-401)

Urban and rural portions of counties

(Page 341) Bedfordshire

(Page 342) Berkshire

(Page 343) Buckinghamshire

(Page 344) Cambridgeshire

(Page 345) Cheshire

(Page 346) Cornwall

(Page 347) Cumberland

(Page 348) Derbyshire

(Page 349) Devonshire

(Page 350) Dorsetshire

(Page 351) Durham

(Page 352) Isle of Ely

(Page 353) Essex

(Page 354) Gloucestershire

(Page 355) Herefordshire

(Page 356) Hertfordshire

(Page 357) Huntingdonshire

(Page 358) Kent

(Page 359) Lancashire

(Page 360) Leicestershire

(Pages 361-363)

Lincolnshire

(Page 361) Holland

(Page 362) Kesteven

(Page 363) Lindsey

(Page 364) Middlesex

(Page 365) Monmouthshire

(Page 366) Norfolk

(Page 367) Northamptonshire

(Page 368) Northumberland

(Page 369) Nottinghamshire

(Page 370) Oxfordshire

(Page 371) Peterborough, Soke of

(Page 372) Rutlandshire

(Page 373) Shropshire

(Page 374) Somersetshire

(Page 375) Southampton

(Page 376) Staffordshire

(Page 377) Suffolk, East

(Page 378) Suffolk, West

(Page 379) Surrey

(Page 380) Sussex, East

(Page 381) Sussex, West

(Page 382) Warwickshire

(Page 383) Westmorland

(Page 384) Wight, Isle of

(Page 385) Wiltshire

(Page 386) Worcestershire

(Pages 387-389)

Yorkshire

(Page 387) East Riding

(Page 388) North Riding

(Page 389) West Riding

(Page 390) Anglesey

(Page 391) Brecknockshire

(Page 392) Cardiganshire

(Page 393) Carmarthenshire

(Page 394) Carnarvonshire

(Page 395) Denbighshire

(Page 396) Flintshire

(Page 397) Glamorganshire

(Page 398) Merionethshire

(Page 399) Montgomeryshire

(Page 400) Pembrokeshire

(Page 401) Radnorshire

(Pages 402-500)

By sex and short list of causes in administrative areas

(Page 402) Bedfordshire

(Page 403) Berkshire

(Pages 404-405) Buckinghamshire

(Page 405) Cambridgeshire

(Pages 405-408) Cheshire

(Pages 408-411) Cornwall

(Pages 411-412) Cumberland

(Pages 412-415) Derbyshire

(Pages 415-417) Devonshire

(Pages 417-419) Dorsetshire

(Pages 419-421) Durham

(Pages 421-422) Isle of Ely

(Pages 422-425) Essex

(Pages 425-427) Gloucestershire

(Pages 427-428) Herefordshire

(Pages 428-430) Hertfordshire

(Pages 430-431) Huntingdonshire

(Pages 431-434) Kent

(Pages 434-441) Lancashire

(Pages 441-442) Leicestershire

(Pages 442-445)

Lincolnshire

(Pages 442-443) Holland

(Page 443) Kesteven

(Pages 444-445) Lindsey

(Pages 445-447) Middlesex

(Pages 447-449) Monmouthshire

(Pages 449-451) Norfolk

(Pages 451-452) Northamptonshire

(Pages 452-454) Northumberland

(Pages 454-455) Nottinghamshire

(Pages 456-457) Oxfordshire

(Page 457) Peterborough, Soke of

(Page 457) Rutlandshire

(Pages 457-459) Shropshire

(Pages 459-461) Somersetshire

(Pages 461-463) Southampton

(Pages 463-466) Staffordshire

(Pages 466-467) Suffolk, East

(Pages 467-468) Suffolk, West

(Pages 468-471) Surrey

(Pages 471-472) Sussex, East

(Pages 472-473) Sussex, West

(Pages 473-474) Warwickshire

(Pages 474-475) Westmorland

(Page 475) Wight, Isle of

(Pages 476-477) Wiltshire

(Pages 477-479) Worcestershire

(Pages 479-491)

Yorkshire

(Pages 479-480) East Riding

(Pages 480-482) North Riding

(Pages 483-491) West Riding

(Page 491) Anglesey

(Pages 491-492) Brecknockshire

(Pages 492-493) Cardiganshire

(Pages 493-494) Carmarthenshire

(Pages 494-495) Carnarvonshire

(Pages 495-496) Denbighshire

(Page 496) Flintshire

(Pages 496-498) Glamorganshire

(Pages 498-499) Merionethshire

(Page 499) Montgomeryshire

(Pages 499-500) Pembrokeshire

(Page 500) Radnorshire

(Pages 501-516)

Violent deaths

(Pages 502-512) Deaths from accident, negligence, battle, and execution in England and Wales, distinguishing age, and cause or nature of accident; males and females

(Pages 513-514) Deaths from suicide in England and Wales, distinguishing age and method; males and females

(Page 515) Deaths from murder in England and Wales, distinguishing age and method; males and females

(Page 516) Deaths from manslaughter and justifiable homicide in England and Wales, distinguishing age and method; males and females

Seventy-eighth annual report of the registrar-general

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