Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough.
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MARRIAGES.
Mr. F. H. Searle, the Superintendent Registrar of the Greenwich
Registration District, has kindly furnished me with particulars
relating to the number of marriages solemnised or registered in the
Borough of Greenwich.
The following table shows these particulars giving the number of marriages in the Borough for each year since 1938:—
Year | Churches of England | Chapels and Roman Catholic Churches | Superintendent-Registrar's Office | Total | Approximate Population | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Greenwich | Charlton and Kidbrooke | St. Nicholas | |||||
1938 | 309 | 185 | 31 | 101 | 268 | 894 | 95,770 |
1939 | 395 | 218 | 31 | 128 | 397 | 1.169 | 94,790 |
1940 | 451 | 243 | 33 | 126 | 345 | 1,198 | 74,280 |
1941 | 277 | 174 | 91 | 241 | 790 | 57,070 | |
1942 | 257 | 192 | 3 | 79 | 198 | 729 | 60,530 |
1943 | 209 | 166 | 2 | 73 | 171 | 621 | 62,870 |
1944 | 211 | 136 | — | 74 | 171 | 592 | 61,800 |
1945 | 228 | 211 | 2 | 87 | 233 | 761 | 63,800 |
1946 | 258 | 196 | 1 | 86 | 235 | 776 | 76,840 |
1947 | 192 | 160 | 13 | 93 | 318 | 776 | 82,230 |
1948 | 202 | 152 | 8 | 104 | 345 | 811 | 84,410 |
1949 | 184 | 129 | 10 | 90 | 272 | 685 | 87,680 |
1950 | 206‡ | 121 | 6 | 74 | 245 | 652 | 89,570 |
† Parish Church destroyed by enemy action.
‡ St. Peter's. Creek Road
Holy Trinity, Blackheath Hill } closed.