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Historical demography in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in the absence of the civil registers.


 The adequacy and drawbacks of the demographic data available from the civil registers that were first set up in England in 1837 are discussed. The authors then describe some alternative sources of data, particularly those to be found in local repositories such as county record offices and local health authorities.
