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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Marriages.
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Marriagerates—
London.
The number of marriages in the Administrative County of London in 1911, was 40,201 (365 days),
giving an annual rate of 17.8 persons married per 1,000 living.

The accompanying diagram (A) shows the marriage-rate in each year since 1850, in relation to
the mean marriage-rate of the period 1851-1911.
In the year 1911 among males 31 per cent. married were under 21 years of age, and Marriages of
among females 10.9 per cent.; the figures for previous years are shown in the following table, minor
the proportions in England and Wales being also given for the purpose of comparison.

Births.
The number of births registered in the Administrative County of London in 1911 (52 weeks)
was 111,738, giving a birth-rate of 24.8 per 1,000 persons living per annum. The male births numbered
56,939 and female 54,799, there being, therefore, 1,039 males born per 1,000 females. The steady
decline in the London birth-rate noted in previous reports has continued, and the birth-rate for 1911
is the lowest recorded rate in London since the institution of civil registration.
Birth-rates —
London.

(a) See footnote (b), page 2.
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