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Illegitimate Births.
The illegitimate births, which number 88, occurred in the
several Wards, as follows :—
East Ward 32
NorthWard 11
North-West Ward 22
South Ward 3
South-East Ward 14
South-West Ward .6
Total 88
Marriages.
There were 758 persons married in the Borough during
the year, as compared with an average of 707 in the ten years
preceding.
The marriage-rate for 1911 was equal to 6.9 per 1,000 of
the estimated population and was therefore higher than any
year for the past ten year's with the exception of 1906.
It is puzzling to understand how an increase in the
marriage-rate is coincident with a decline which is considered
to have taken place in the trade and commerce of the Borough,
and with a decrease which has actually occurred in the
population.
The marriages were celebrated in the following places:—
510 in Churches of England.
60 in other places of worship.
188 in the Registrar's Office.
758 Total.