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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

Islington 1904

Forty-ninth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington

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[1904
The Registrar-General remarks on these figures that "it will be seen that
the two methods used for calculating the marriage-rate lead to very different
conclusions, for while the proportion of marriages to total population at the
successive census periods have shown a progressive increase, on the other
hand, the proportions to the unmarried and widowed population, aged 15
years and upwards, have shown a progressive decrease. There can be no doubt
that the changes in the marriage-rate are misrepresented by the former, but
are shown with approximate accuracy by the latter method."

Table: Table VI.Showing the number ofPersons Marriedand theMarriage Ratesin theBorough in1904.

Table VI.

Showing the number ofPersons Marriedand theMarriage Ratesin theBorough in1904.

No. persons married.Persons married per 1,000 inhabitants.
1st quarter94611.10
2nd „1,60818.86
3rd „1,76820.73
4th „1,57418.46
The year5,89617.29