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 Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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1908] 10
MARRIAGES.
The number ol persons married in 1908 was 5,562, which corresponds
to a rate of 15.63 per 1,000 of the population. This is the lowest
marriaee rate recorded since 1889.
TABLE VI.
No. persons married. | Persons married per 1,000 inhabitants. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
1st quarter | 842 | 9.65 | ||
2nd „ | 1,508 | 17.28 | ||
3rd „ | 1,772 | 20.30 | ||
4th „ | 1,440 | 15.32 | ||
The year | 5,562 | 15.63 |
These figures compare with a yearly average or 6,088 persons married, and
a rate of 17.92 per 1,000 inhabitants during the ten years 1898-1907.
The record of marriages in Islington since 1841, given in decades and as abstracted and collected from the Registrar-General's annual reports is as follows :—
Periods. | Marriages. | Persons married per 1,000 of the Population. |
---|---|---|
1841-50 | 6,109 | l6.81 |
1851-60 | 10,901 | 17.96 |
1861-70 | 16,194 | 17.84 |
1871-80 | 20,889 | |
1881-90 | ||
1891-1900 | 17.44 | |
1901-08 (8 years) | 19.68 | |