Wem Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD) : Life & Death Statistics

Abolished: 01 Jan 1853

These simple graphs compare Wem with national trends:

Time Series Period Covered Description
Fertility Rate 1851 Live births per thousand women aged 20 to 49. The General Fertility Rate is usually defined relativ…
Illegitimacy Rate 1850 to 1852 Illegitimate Births as a percentage of all births. Until quite recently, vital registration statist…

We hold these detailed statistics for Wem, which we graph and tabulate here:

Time Series Period Covered Variables (number of categories)
Births by legitimacy 1850 to 1852 Legitimacy (2)
Births by legitimacy & sex 1850 to 1852 Legitimacy (2)
Sex (2)
Births by sex 1850 to 1852 Sex (2)
Deaths by sex 1850 to 1852 Sex (2)
Decennial Cause of Death by Age for under 5s 1851 to 1860 Age between birth & 5 in three bands (3)
Cause of Death (Simplified) (14)
Decennial Cause of Death by Age & Sex 1851 to 1860 Sex (2)
Age in mainly 10-year bands to age 85 (12)
Cause of Death (RG 1850s DS definition) (23)
Decennial Cause of Death by Age & Sex for under 5s 1851 to 1860 Sex (2)
Age in single years between birth & 5 (5)
Cause of Death (RG 1850s DS definition) (23)
Decennial Cause of Death by Age (Simplified) 1851 to 1860 Age in mainly 10-year bands to age 75 (11)
Cause of Death (Simplified) (14)
Total Births 1850 to 1852 Total Live Births (1)
Total Deaths 1850 to 1852 Total Deaths (3)

Read more about how we hold statistics here.