Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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20
MARRIAGES
Mrs V M Gilham, the Superintendent Registrar of the
Greenwich Registration District, has kindly furnished me with particulars
relating to the number of marriages solemnised or registered
in the Borough of Greenwich during 1962 The total of 680 gives
a marriage rate of 1610, a decrease of 003 from that of the previous
vear The comparable figure for England and Wales is 149
The following table shows these particulars giving the number of marriages in the Borough for each year since 1938: —
Year | Churches of England | Chapels and Roman Catholic Churches | Superintendent-Registrar's Office | Total | Approximate Population | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Greenwich | Charlton and Kidbrooke | St Nicholas > | |||||
1938 | 309 | 185 | 31 | 101 | 268 | 894 | 95,770 |
1939 | 395 | 218 | 31 | 128 | 397 | 1,169 | 94,790 |
1940 | 451 | 243 | 33 | 126 | 345 | 1,198 | 74,280 |
1941 | 277 | 174 | 7 † | 91 | 241 | 790 | 57,070 |
1942 | 257 | 192 | 3 | 79 | 198 | 729 | 60,530 |
1943 | 209 | 166 | 2 | 73 | 171 | 621 | 62,870 |
1944 | 211 | 136 | 74 | 171 | 592 | 61,800 | |
1945 | 228 | 211 | 2 | 87 | 233 | 761 | 63,800 |
1946 | 258 | 196 | 1 | 86 | 235 | 776 | 76,840 |
1947 | 192 | 160 | 13 | 93 | 318 | 776 | 82,230 |
1948 | 202 | 152 | 8 | 104 | 345 | 811 | 84,410 |
1949 | 184 | 129 | 10 | 90 | 272 | 685 | 87,680 |
1950 | 206‡ | 121 | 6 | 74 | 245 | 652 | 89,570 |
1951 | 210 | 133 | 3 | 60 | 264 | 670 | 89,390 |
1952 | 191 | 144 | 4 | 102 | 279 | 720 | 90,880 |
1953 | 221 | 136 | 4 | 113 | 305 | 779 | 90,440 |
1954 | 200 | 155 | 5 | 86 | 325 | 771 | 90,600 |
1955 | 197 | 116 | 5 | 106 | 290 | 714 | 89,490 |
1956 | 194 | 169 | 6 | 133 | 221 | 723 | 88,780 |
1957 | 177 | 159 | 2 | i 18 | 226 | 682 | 88,910 |
1958 | 189 | 142 | 10* | 93 | 239 | 673 | 89,180 |
1959 | 161 | 134 | 15 | 107 | 210 | 627 | 88,970 |
1960 | 177 | 120 | 20 | 122 | 218 | 657 | 88,310 |
1961 | 183 | 140 | 14 | 87 | 261 | 685 | 85,240 |
‡ St Peter s, Creek Road Closed
‡ Holy Trinity, Blackheath Hill
† Parish Church destroyed by enemy action
* Parish Church reopened