Table 2.

Number of births per 1000 females aged 15–45 years in the three study localities 1851–1911 (and % of 1851 rate), as recorded in the annual reports of the Registrars-General.

	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891	1901	1911
Auckland, County Durham	221.3	221.8	234.8	209.1	191.2	163.9	151.0
	(100%)	(100.2%)	(106.1%)	(94.5%)	(86.4%)	(74.1%)	(68.2%)
Burnley sub-Registration	156.0	151.6	167.6	167.1	123.9	105.8	84.6
District, Lancashire	(100%)	(97.2%)	(107.4%)	(107.1%)	(79.4%)	(67.8%)	(54.2%)
Bromley, Kent	129.0	129.9	131.1	117.8	94.1	80.8	59.1
	(100%)	(100.7%)	(101.6%)	(91.3%)	(72.9%)	(62.6%)	(45.8%)
England and Wales	145.4	147.6	152.2	147.5	132.7	114.5	98.0
	(100%)	(101.5%)	(104.7%)	(101.4%)	(91.2%)	(78.7%)	(67.4%)