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Marriages. The number of marriages during
1933 was 1,256 and the marriage rate (the number
of marriages per 1,000 of the population) was 8.47.
In 1932 the number of marriages was 1,211 and
the marriage rate 8.09, while the marriages in the
previous year numbered 1,336, giving a marriage
rate of 8.8 per thousand of the population.
Births. During the year the live births,
corrected by the distribution of those occurring in
lying-in institutions in the borough to those
districts in which the mothers resided and the
inclusion of children born to Fulham mothers in
institutions outside the borough, numbered 1,938
of whom 966 were males and 972 were females.
The birth rate (the number of live births per
1,000 of the population) was 13.08. The birth
rate for the whole of London was 13.2 and for
England and Wales 14.4.
Stillbirths. The number of stillbirths during
1933 was 65, compared with 64 during the previous
year. The stillbirths amounted to 32.5 per
1,000 of the total births (live and stillbirths).
Illegitimacy. The illegitimate live births
numbered 132 (60 males and 72 females) during
1933 as compared with 136 for the previous
year and they constituted 6.8 per cent. of the
total live births.
Natural Increase of the Population. The
natural increase of the population, that is to say
the excess of the total live births over the deaths,
was 12 compared with 289 in 1932.
Deaths. During the year ended 31st December,
1933, 1,531 deaths were registered as having
occurred in the borough. Of these, 143 were of
persons not belonging to the borough while 538
inhabitants of Fulham died outside the borough,
chiefly in public institutions. There were, there-