NOTES	No 1 Department	No 2 Department	No 3 (Investment) Department	Current Accounts	Total Deposit Accounts	Increase/ (Decrease) Number	Increase/ (Decrease) %	Mortgages Outstanding
1919	[1]	24,411				24,411
1920		40,130				40,130	15,719	64.4	148
1921		62,119				62,119	21,989	54.8	925
1922		76,230				76,230	14,111	22.7	1,122
1923		100,245				100,245	24,015	31.5	1,251
1924		133,420				133,420	33,175	33.1	1,658
1925		166,894				166,894	33,474	25.1	2,533
1926		199,605				199,605	32,711	19.6	3,948
1927		225,760				225,760	26,155	13.1	5,380
1928		254,433				254,433	28,673	12.7	5,965
1929		280,129				280,129	25,696	10.1	6,096
1930		311,980				311,980	31,851	11.4	6,438
1931		333,219				333,219	21,239	6.8	6,794
1932		344,584				344,584	11,365	3.4	6,962
1933		356,350				356,350	11,766	3.4	6,886
1934		374,799				374,799	18,449	5.2	6,532
1935		392,927				392,927	18,128	4.8	6,432
1936		410,871				410,871	17,944	4.6	6,843
1937		431,395				431,395	20,524	5.0	7,703
1938		450,584				450,584	19,189	4.4	7,983
1939		466,163				466,163	15,579	3.5	8,053
1940		472,157				472,157	5,994	1.3	8,181
1941		489,165				489,165	17,008	3.6	8,056
1942		512,114				512,114	22,949	4.7	7,815
1943		537,030				537,030	24,916	4.9	7,392
1944		557,792				557,792	20,762	3.9	6,757
1945		572,945				572,945	15,153	2.7	6,069
1946		585,863				585,863	12,918	2.3	5,434
1947		598,034				598,034	12,171	2.1	5,194
1948		611,080				611,080	13,046	2.2	5,106
1949		626,722				626,722	15,642	2.6	5,035
1950		639,220				639,220	12,498	2.0	5,410
1951		649,874				649,874	10,654	1.7	5,770
1952		663,051				663,051	13,177	2.0	6,176
1953		678,197				678,197	15,146	2.3	6,633
1954		688,746				688,746	10,549	1.6	7,041
1955		705,672				705,672	16,926	2.5	7,829
1956		719,214				719,214	13,542	1.9	8,422
1957		719,104				719,104	(110)	(0.0)	8,274
1958	[2]	698,006	26,032			724,038	4,934	0.7	8,333
1959		684,547	39,583			724,130	92	0.0	8,374
1960		678,924	50,387			729,311	5,181	0.7	8,389
1961		672,615	58,011			730,626	1,315	0.2	8,412
1962		666,108	65,230			731,338	712	0.1	8,367
1963		659,812	72,835			732,647	1,309	0.2	8,250
1964		654,629	81,989			736,618	3,971	0.5	8,117
1965		648,614	90,158			738,772	2,154	0.3	7,960
1966		644,778	96,700			741,538	2,766	0.4	7,900
1967	[3]	638,499	100,408	5,005		743,912	2,374	0.3	7,828
1968	[4]	636,394	100,741	13,881	2,038	753,054	9,142	1.2	7,472
1969		633,423	101,137	18,992	3,624	757,176	4,122	0.5	7,147
1970		628,885	101,605	21,824	5,609	757,923	747	0.1	6,879
1971		625,278	103,303	25,379	7,559	761,519	3,596	0.5	6,616
1972		621,430	105,856	27,569	9,874	764,729	3,210	0.4	6,485
1973		622,455	107,536	31,404	11,930	773,325	8,596	1.1	6,257
1974		624,678	107,211	34,328	14,173	780,390	7,065	0.9	6,043
1975		626,752	107,666	34,707	17,325	786,450	6,060	0.8	5,782
Mar 1976		348,813	86,058	35,126	20,129	490,126	440	0.1	5,482
Nov 1976		348,984	84,123	34,919	21,887	489,913	(296,977)	(37.7)	5,253
1977	[6]		80,561		28,694	498,019	8,106	1.7	4,841
1978	[6]  [7]		74,155		41,398	462,830	(35,189)	(7.1)	n/a
1979	[7]	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

 

[1]   Number of Accounts Transferred from the Birmingham Corporation Savings Bank

 

[2]   No 2 Department commenced April 1st 1957

 

[3]   No 3 (Investment) Department commenced January 1st 1967

 

[4]   Current Account facility introduced in July 1967

 

[5]   Open Account numbers reported from 1919 to 1975 included both Active and Inactive Accounts

       From 1976, only the number of Active Accounts were reported (There were 296,764 Inactive Accounts at March 31st 1976)
       (Inactive Accounts: accounts with no transactions for three years and with a balance less than £1)

 

[6]   From November 21st 1977, the No 1 and No 3 Departments were combined to form the 'New Department';

       the numbers of Active Accounts for these departments were:
          - 1977: 417,458
          - 1978: 421,432

 

[7]   n/a = Not Available; no account number details were published in the 1979 Annual Report, and the number of Mortgages was

                 not revealed in the previous year