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MARRIAGE RATE.
The number of Marriages registered in the Borough during
the year amounted to 966, compared with 992 in 1908.
The Marriage Rate was 12.0, a decrease of 0.7 per 1,000
on the rate for 1908, while the Marriage Rate for the whole of
London was equal to 15.8, and for England and Wales 14.6 per
1,000.
Of the 966 marriages which occurred in Lewisham, 114
took place at the Nonconformist Chapels, 587 at the Established
Churches, and 265 at the Register Office.
MORTALITY.
The total number of Deaths registered in the Borough
amounted to 1,707, compared with 1,858 for the year 1908.
After deducting the deaths of non-residents (174) dying
within the Borough, and adding those of residents (l31) who died
outside the district, a corrected total of 1,664 is obtained, compared
with 1,757 in 1908.
The corrected total deaths in Lewisham, 1,664, is equivalent
to a Death Rate of 10.4 per 1,000 living at all ages, and
compares most favourably with the death rate for England and
Wales of 14.5 per 1,000 of the population. The death rate for the
County of London was 14.0, whilst the rate for the 76 Great
Towns equalled 14.7 per 1,000.
Compared with other Metropolitan Boroughs, Lewisham
again has the second lowest death rate in London. Hampstead is
the lowest with 8.9, followed by Lewisham 104, Stoke Newington
ll.3, Wandsworth 11.9, Woolwich 11.9, and Fulham 12.0 per
1,000 of the population living at all ages.