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From details given in the accompanying table it will be seen that
the "working" population of Greenwich i.e. those between 15 and
65 years amounts to aproximately 64.3% and that of "dependent"
groups collectively, to 35.7%. In effect, this means that for every
two persons of "working age" there is one dependent person
outside this group. If account also be taken of women over 60
years and of those persons over 15 years still in receipt of fulltime education including those attending special schools, then the
"dependent" population rises to almost 41%.
Marriages
The Marriage Rate is calculated on a "total population" basis
and, as such, is not strictly comparable with other areas by reason
of discrepencies in age constitution. A more accurate ascertainment would be to return a rate based upon the marriage of unmarried persons over the age of 16 years (legal marriage is prohibited where either party is under 16 years). As over 90% of all
births are legitimate it follows that the extent to which people
marry exerts a powerful influence on the fertility rate.
Mr. G. H. Rodgers, Superintendent Registrar for Greenwich
has kindly furnished me with particulars relating to the number of
marriages solemnised or registered in the London Borough of
Greenwich during 1969. The total of 2,006 gives a marriage rate
(i.e. persons marrying) of 17.65 per 1,000 population a decrease of
1.56 from that of the previous year and is 1.45 in advance of the
figure of 16.2 for England and Wales. Greater London returned a
rate of 18.3.