Guiltcross Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD/PLU) : Fertility Rate

R_FERTILITY = (BIRTH_TOT:total * 1000.0) / AGE_FERTILE:female/F

Data Role Period Covered Authority Source Details Method
BIRTH_TOT:total 1871 RG_QR Quarterly Report Registrar General, Quarterly Report (HM Stationery Office) , Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area
AGE_FERTILE:female/F 1871 SRC GBH Source Documentation System 1871 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 3 , 'Ages of Males and Females in Registrars' Sub-Districts' Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area
BIRTH_TOT:total 1881 RG_QR Quarterly Report Registrar General, Quarterly Report (HM Stationery Office) , Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area
AGE_FERTILE:female/F 1881 SRC GBH Source Documentation System 1881 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 3 , 'Ages of Males and Females in Registration Sub-Districts' Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area
BIRTH_TOT:total 1891 RG_QR Quarterly Report Registrar General, Quarterly Report (HM Stationery Office) , Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area
AGE_FERTILE:female/F 1891 SRC GBH Source Documentation System 1891 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 2 , 'Ages of Males and Females in Registration Districts' Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area
BIRTH_TOT:total 1901 RG_QR Quarterly Report Registrar General, Quarterly Report (HM Stationery Office) , Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area
AGE_FERTILE:female/F 1901 SRC GBH Source Documentation System 1901 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 26 , 'Ages of Persons, Males and Females, in the Registration County, and in Registration Districts, 1901' Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area

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Live births per thousand women aged 20 to 49. The General Fertility Rate is usually defined relative to the number of women aged 15 to 49, but in Britain the ages 20 to 49 are generally more appropriate.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Guiltcross Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD/PLU) through time | Historical Statistics on Life & Death | Rate: Fertility Rate, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10075701/cube/FERTILITY

Date accessed: 08th April 2026