GB Historical DB

Infant Mortality Statistics for Local Government Districts in 1911

Table ID:
IM_LGD     (28288)
Contents:
Infant Mortality Statistics for Local Government Districts in 1911
Approx. number of rows:
1,826
Table type:
Raw Data
Documentation Author:
Humphrey Southall
Geography:
Reporting units are identified by:
   Administrative County
   Local Government District
   Local Government District Type
Chronology:
The data are for the single year 1911.

Sources:

  1. This is a very partial transcription from the Registrar General's Annual Report for 1911 made by Chris Galley, limited to the number of infant births and the infant mortality rate.

Notes:

  1. This dataset will eventually be replaced by a full transcription of the mortality tables for Local Government Districts from the RG's Annual Reports in the years immediately before WWI.

Checking:

  1. No checking has been done on the data, but Chris Galley used a list of the district names supplied by us, based on those units appearing in the 1911 LGD coverage within the Mark I GIS.

Acknowledgments:


We are extremely grateful to the following:

  1. Chris Galley: No restrictions. Please acknowledge Chris Galley when presenting any results from these data.

Indices:

IndexTypeColumn(s) indexed
im_lgd_idx Unique lg_dist, adm_cnty, lg_type

Columns within table:

ColumnTypeContents
adm_cnty Text string (max.len.=29). Name of the administrative county containing the district.
lg_dist Text string (max.len.=44). Name of the Local Government District.
lg_type Text string (max.len.=6). Type of District: ('CB'=County Borough, 'MB'=Municipal Borough, etc.
births Integer number. Total number of births in the district during the year.
imr Integer number. Infant Mortality Rate: deaths aged under 1 per thousand live births.

Additional Notes:


Mis-matches between the GIS and the data are as follows:

Polygons with no data:

  • Breckonshire: Ystradfellte RD and Christ College UD.
  • Durham: Darlington BC.
  • Notts: Blackwell and Shardlow.
  • Staffs: Burslem MB, Congton MB, Cannock RD, Fenton UD, and Tunstall UD.
  • Surrey: Horsell UD.
  • Warw: Shipston on Stour RD.
  • West Riding: Kirkstall UD and Ounthwaite UD.

Data with no polygons:

  • Bucks: Eton UD.
  • Cumbs: Cockermouth UD.
  • Derbyshire: Matlock Bath UD and Scarthin Nick UD.
  • Devon: Dawlish UD and Holsworthy UD.
  • Glamorgan: Llantrisant UD and Llantwitfardre RD.
  • Kent: Penge UD.
  • Lancs: Hurst UD and Orrell UD.
  • Lincs: Bracebridge UD.
  • London: Bermondsey LB.
  • Monmouth: Abergavenny MB.
  • Norfolk: Loddon and Clavering RD and Downham Market UD. In addition, Kirkington cum Upsland should be a UD not an RD.
  • Rutland: Oakham UD.
  • Staffs: Tutbury RD and Tunstall UD.
  • Suffolk: Bungay RD.
  • Surrey: Windlesham UD.
  • Warw: Brailes RD and Tamworth RD.
  • West Riding: Baildon UD, Bentley with Arksley UD, Birstall UD, Enley UD, Flockton UD, Gunthwaite and Ingbirthworth UD.

There is also a note that Hoyland Nether UD in the data was called Royland Nether UD in the GIS.