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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Giles (Camden) 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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2 over the preceding year, and the marriage-rate 18.6, an
increase of 2.8 above the 10 years' average.
It will be seen from the following table that 205 of the marriages were solemnised at the Established Churches, 24 at the Roman Catholic Chapel, 21 at Nonconformist places of Worship, and 121 took place by Civil Contract at the Superintendent-Registrar's Office.
| Name of Building. | Denomination. | Number of Marriages. |
|---|---|---|
| Parish Church, St. Giles-in-the-Fields | Established Church | 66 |
| Parish Church, St. George, Bloomsbury | Ditto | 88 |
| Holy Trinity Church, Little Queen Street | Ditto | 27 |
| Christ Church, Woburn Square | Ditto | 24 |
| Sardinia Chapel, Sardinia Street | Roman Catholic | 24 |
| Bloomsbury Chapel, Shaftesbury Avenue | Baptist | 10 |
| Little Wild Street Chapel | Ditto | — |
| Kingsgate Chapel, Kingsgate Street | Ditto | 1 |
| Soho Chapel, Shaftesbury Avenue | Ditto | 1 |
| Keppel Street Chapel | Ditto | 3 |
| Great Queen Street Chapel | Wesleyan | 4 |
| Eglise Suisse, Endell Street | Swiss Reformed | |
| Church | 2 | |
| *Bedford Chapel, Bloomsbury Street | Unitarian | — |
| Superintendent - Registrar's Office, | ||
| Broad Street | Civil | 121 |
| Total number of Marriages | 371 | |
*This building has been lately demolished and is to be rebuilt for commercial
purposes.
The marriages in London during the year numbered
37,593; persons married, 75,186; and the proportion of
persons married was 17.1 per 1,000 of the population.
In the four preceding years the proportions had
steadily declined, the rates having been 17.7, 17.4, 17.2,
and ] 7.0 respectively.