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