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Greenwich 1971

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]

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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 1971. The total of 2,027 gives a marriage rate
(i.e. persons marrying) of 18.68 per 1,000 population, a decrease of
0.16 from that of the previous year and is 2.10 in advance of the
figure of 16.58 for England and Wales. Greater London returned a
rate of 18.9.

Table: The following table shows particulars given by the various Registrars for the past 7 years.

The following table shows particulars given by the various Registrars for the past 7 years.

YearAreaChurch of EnglandChapels and R.C. ChurchesNon Conforming Churches and ChapelsRegister OfficeTotalReg. General's Estimate of PopulationMarriage Rate (persons marrying)
1965Greenwich28584602561,992231,77017.24
Woolwich604115104484
1966Greenwich28078232841,927231,59016.69
Woolwich57011491487
1967Greenwich29171692882,066231,15017.94
Woolwich59712779544
1968Greenwich32978802862,199229,70019.21
Woolwich61214484586
1969Greenwich8151761748412,006228,03017.65
1970Greenwich7952032039472,123226,13018.84
1971Greenwich7601541719422,027217,79018.68

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Marital Condition
Nationally, for every 1,000 males over the age of 15 years at
the end of the current year 695 were married while for females
the total, as one would expect, was somewhat lower at 638. In
Greenwich, the comparable figures were 681 and 625 respectively.
By the end of 1970, 10% of all females and 2.5% of all males
under the age of 20 years were married compared with 8.4% and