Vital statistics : a memorial volume of selections from the reports and writings of William Farr / edited for the Sanitary Institute of Great Britain by Noel A. Humphreys.

  • Farr, William, 1807-1883.
Date:
1885
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Credit: Vital statistics : a memorial volume of selections from the reports and writings of William Farr / edited for the Sanitary Institute of Great Britain by Noel A. Humphreys. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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    GENERAL CONTENTS. Page biographical Sketch of William 'Fan; M.D., D.C.L., C.B., F.E.S. - vii-xxiii PART I.—Population. Detailed Contents - - - - - - 3 Introduction 5-6 1. Scope of Inquiry at rirst Six Censuses - - - 6-8 2. Union or Registration Counties ... - - - 8-9 3. Houses - - - - - - 9-12 4. Numbers ------- 12-34 5. Density and Proximity - - - - 34-36 6. Sexes - - - - - - - - 36-37 7. Ages - - - - - - - 37-44 8. Civil or Conjugal Condition ------ 44-47 9. Occupations ------ 48-50 10. Infirmities ------ 50-59 11. Economic Value of Population - . . - 59-64 PART II.—Marriages. Detailed Contents - 65 Introduction - - . - ., . 67-68 1. Marriage and Prosperity - - . - . 68-75 2. Marriages in Successive Generations - - - - 75-76 3. Marriage Seasons - - - - - 76 4. Ages at Marriage ------ 76-80 5. Marriages and Religious Worship ----- '81-82 6 Certified Places of Worship . . . . 82-83 PART nr.—Births. Detailed Contents - - - - - - 85 Introduction ------- 87-88 1. Birth Registration and Birth-rates - - - - 89-93 2. Fecundity of Marriage - - . - - 93_ioo 3. Illegitimate Births . - - - . 100-104 4. Sex Proportion at Death - - - - - - 104 5. Defects of Birth Register; Statistics of First Born - - -105-107 G, Still Births i()7-io8 a 2