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From details given in the accompanying table it will be seen that
the "working" population of Greenwich, i.e. those between 15 and
65 years amounts to approximately 64% and that of "dependent"
groups collectively, to 36%. In effect, this means that for every
two persons of "working age" there is one dependent person
outside this group. If account also be taken of women over 60
years and of those persons over 15 years still in receipt of fulltime
education including those attending special schools, then the
"dependent" population rises to almost 41%.
Marriages
The Marriage Rate is calculated on a "total population" basis
and, as such, is not strictly comparable with other areas by reason
of discrepencies in age constitution. A more accurate ascertainment
would be to return a rate based upon the marriage of unmarried
persons over the age of 16 years (legal marriage is prohibited
where either party is under 16 years). As approximately
90% of all births are legitimate it follows that the extent to which
people marry exerts a powerful influence on the fertility rate.
Mr. G. H. Rodgers, Superintendent Registrar for Greenwich
has kindly furnished me with particulars relating to the number of
marriages solemnised or registered in the London Borough of
Greenwich during 1970. The total of 2,123 gives a marriage rate
(i.e. persons marrying) of 18.84 per 1,000 population an increase of
1.19 over that of the previous year and is 1.9 in advance of the
figure of 17.0 for England and Wales. Greater London returned a
rate of 18.8.