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Hampstead 1910
Report for the year 1910 of the Medical Officer of Health
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MARRIAGES.
According to the returns of the Registrar-General, 631 marriages were registered in the Borough during 1910; they were distributed in the four quarters of the year as follows:—
| 1st quarter | 136 |
| 2nd „ | 164 |
| 3rd „ | 191 |
| 4th „ | 140 |
| Total | 631 |
The total number of persons married in Hampstead during 1910
was 1,262, which is equivalent to a rate of 13.2 per 1000 of the
population, and is a decrease on that for the year 1909, when the
marriages of 1,300 persons were registered, equivalent to a rate of 14.4
per 1000 of the population.
The following Table gives the marriage rates for the years 1900—1909 and the average rate for the decade:—
| Year. | No. of persons married per 1000 of the population. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 13.4 | |
| 1901 | 13.2 | |
| 1902 | 15.0 | |
| 1903 | 14.0 | |
| 1904 | 14.4 | |
| 1905 | 13.6 | |
| 1906 | 12.9 | |
| 1907 | 14.2 | |
| 1908 | 13.4 | |
| 1909 | 14.4 | |
| Average for the decade | 13.8 | |
| 1910 | 13.2 | |