[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council] page 4

London County Council 1893

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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last three years 1891-3, however, show a decrease in the proportion of marriages of minors in
London: thus in this period in London the marriages of male minors constituted 4.92 per cent., and
of female minors 17.30 per cent. of the total marriages.
Until the year 1885 the reports of the Registrar-General showed the numbers of marriages of
minors in each of the registration districts of London. The following table has been prepared with a
view to the continuance of this information—

Table: Marriages of Minors in London, 1885-92.

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Marriages of Minors in London, 1885-92.

Registration Divisions and Counties.	1885.		1886.		1887.		1888.		1889.		1890.		1891.		1892.		1893.
Registration Divisions and Counties.	Men.	Women	Men.	Women.	Men.	Women.	Men.	Women.	Men.	Women.	Men.	Women.	Men.	Women.	Men.	Women.	Men.	Women.
I.—LONDON. Middlesex (part of).
Paddington	23	113	31	129	32	125	31	111	34	117	31	116	31	116	32	117	26	96
Kensington	60	203	68	224	67	219	49	200	62	209	58	198	44	194	71	200	60	187
Fulham	50	221	66	207	70	221	79	245	61	231	89	226	73	232	67	267	77	238
Chelsea	31	119	38	123	42	122	39	115	38	122	51	165	33	122	40	135	46	149
St. George, Hanover-square	25	136	30	151	28	158	29	152	22	109	21	136	26	114	25	124	17	117
Westminster	19	73	14	68	15	82	18	77	6	49	15	63	14	73	13	65	15	60
Marylebone	76	237	54	211	49	200	66	199	61	202	64	213	63	213	52	172	49	182
Hampstead	10	30	7	37	9	37	15	30	4	26	7	48	7	40	14	48	11	39
Pancras	93	325	94	329	105	365	94	365	79	326	87	332	97	337	94	356	97	349
Islington	104	397	95	379	92	342	109	406	114	402	91	362	104	407	122	448	88	357
Hackney	58	248	51	223	43	255	38	232	74	261	51	249	60	269	71	275	50	257
St. Giles	15	50	10	54	8	49	9	47	18	58	13	54	9	43	12	48	13	39
Strand	15	65	16	59	14	59	9	44	9	54	17	51	7	49	10	49	23	59
Holborn	66	218	66	207	82	229	63	222	79	227	100	296	79	246	84	274	88	268
London City	37	141	43	171	26	123	17	140	23	140	13	144	11	65	9	87	9	63
Shoreditch	49	231	60	226	56	187	65	213	67	203	69	233	79	261	72	243	85	242
Bethnal-green	415	928	343	824	337	884	240	699	185	650	180	569	190	517	164	430	141	388
Whitechapel	28	89	28	104	26	90	35	129	27	97	25	86	46	124	23	101	22	82
St. George - in - the -East	14	51	25	69	18	69	22	66	22	66	25	83	14	57	16	56	15	39
Stepney	30	92	33	81	28	88	18	77	31	92	33	110	31	84	36	102	20	84
Mile-end Old-town	78	301	79	272	77	291	72	268	103	288	93	315	71	332	95	318	93	336
Poplar	54	242	54	244	46	214	45	228	55	213	69	280	70	280	88	268	60	246
Surrey (part of)
St. Saviour, Southwark	320	924	331	852	317	890	331	950	315	905	363	946	313	907	339	947	310	898
St. Olave, Southwark	29	114	46	114	40	139	28	116	36	118	35	155	28	130	23	124	35	143
Lambeth	117	390	104	400	90	346	77	320	68	300	76	302	73	291	79	318	75	317
Wandsworth	72	268	77	282	99	299	93	300	97	340	92	352	87	336	99	363	100	371
Camberwell	41	164	45	195	40	194	32	203	53	238	49	237	54	258	49	201	54	226
Kent (part of)
Greenwich	56	171	44	175	40	177	42	173	56	176	44	171	54	197	55	176	39	157
Lewisham (excluding Penge)	14	56	18	66	19	67	11	58	13	49	12	70	15	65	17	69	14	64
Woolwich	44	185	43	180	50	169	42	188	40	168	38	171	31	156	45	190	26	164
London	2,043	6.782	2,013	6,656	1,965	6,690	1.818	6,573	1,852	6,436	1,911	6,733	1,814	6,515	1,916	6,571	1,758	6,217

Table: Births. During 1893, 133,417 births were registered in the Administrative County, giving a birth rate of 30.9 per 1,000 living. This birth rate is identical with that of the year 1892. Since 1870 the birth rate in each year has been as follows—

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Births. During 1893, 133,417 births were registered in the Administrative County, giving a birth rate of 30.9 per 1,000 living. This birth rate is identical with that of the year 1892. Since 1870 the birth rate in each year has been as follows—

1871	34.5	1877	35.6	1883	34.5	1889	31.9
1872	35.6	1878	35.5	1884	34.3	1890	30.7
1873	35.3	1879	35.5	1885	33.4	1891	31.9
1874	35.6	1880	35.3	1886	33.4	1892	30.9
1875	35.4	1881	34.7	1887	32.9	1893	30.9
1876	35.9	1882	34.5	1888	32.1

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The birth rate of England and Wales has in these years fallen in much the same degree, and
since the year 1878 has been somewhat less than that of London. Thus in 1891 the birth rate of
England and Wales was 31.4, in 1892, 30.5, and in 1893, 30.8.
The accompanying diagram (II.) shows the London birth rate in each year in relation to the
mean of the period 1851-93.

London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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London County Council 1893

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Table: Marriages of Minors in London, 1885-92.

Table: Births. During 1893, 133,417 births were registered in the Administrative County, giving a birth rate of 30.9 per 1,000 living. This birth rate is identical with that of the year 1892. Since 1870 the birth rate in each year has been as follows—

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