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Fortieth annual report of the registrar-general

Table of Contents

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(Pages i-iv) Title page & contents
(116 pages)Contract subtree Report
(Pages v-vi) Introduction
(Pages vi-ix) Emigration from the United Kingdom
(Page ix) Increase of population
(Pages ix-xi) Meteorology at Greenwich; prices of wheat and meat; number and value of animals imported, and quantity of meat imported; pauperism
(Pages xii-xix) Marriages; marriage-rate; fluctuations in the marriage-rate, and some of the causes which have contributed thereto, 1839-77; number celebrated according and not according to the rites of the Established Church; previous condition of persons married; ages of persons married; marriages of minors; signatures in marriage registers; buildings registered for the solemnization of marriages; certified places of worship; designations of religious bodies
(Pages xx-xxii) Births. Number registered; birth-rate; sex, children born out of wedlock
(Pages xxiii-xxxiii) Deaths. Number registered; death-rate; mortality in town and country; mortality of males and females at various ages; seasons; locality; mortality of children under one year of age in eng-land and in 20 large towns. Death-rate of children under five years of age in 20 large towns. Deaths in public institutions in England and in London
(Pages xxxii-xxxiii) 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 xxxiii) United Kingdom. Population, emigration, marriage, birth, and death rates
(Pages xxxiii-xxxiv) The army. Strength and mortality of the army at home and abroad
(Pages xxxiv-xxxv) The navy. Strength and mortality of the navy
(Pages xxxv-xxxvi) Births and deaths of British subjects at sea; marine register book; mortality of mercantile marine; mortality by book; mortality of mercantile marine; mortality by drowning in the merchant service compared with that in the royal navy
(Pages xxxvi-xxxvii) Wills. Numbers and values of probates and administrations; calendars of grants of probate and administration kept at the general register office
(Pages xxxvii-xxxviii) European states. Comparative fecundity; marriage, birth, and death rates
(Pages xxxix-xl) Concluding remarks relating to civil registration during a period of forty years
(Pages xli-xliv) Meteorology; remarks by James Glaisher, Esq., F. R. S
(Pages xlv-cxx)Expand subtree Preliminary tables
(222 pages)Contract subtree Abstracts
(Pages 1-28)Expand subtree Marriages
(Pages 29-84)Expand subtree Marriages, in the divisions, counties, and districts of England in the year 1877. Births and deaths, in the divisions, counties, districts, and sub-districts of England, in the year 1877
(Pages 85-97)Expand subtree Births, illegitimate births, and deaths, registered in each of the four quarters of the year 1877, in divisions and counties
(Pages 99-120)Expand subtree Deaths in public institutions, 1877
(Pages 121-143)Expand subtree Deaths at different ages, 1877, in divisions, counties, and districts, distinguishing males and females
(Pages 145-221)Expand subtree 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
(62 pages)Contract subtree Appendix
(Page 224) Contents of appendix
(Pages 225-246)Expand subtree Letter to the registrar-general on the causes of death in England, by William Farr, Esq., M. D., F. R. S
(Pages 247-283)Expand subtree Tables
(36 pages)Contract subtree Indices
(Pages 285-300) Index of districts, sub-districts, and of certain towns, referring to numbers used in. The several tables of abstracts
(Pages 301-319) Alphabetical index to report, tables, and appendix