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Marriages
During the year the marriages of 2984 persons were registered in
the Borough, giving an annual rate of 18 55 per 1000 of the estimated
population, the rate for England and Wales being 15 9 and for London
19.1.
Deaths.
In the 52 weeks 2694 deaths were registered in the Borough of Poplar,
555 deaths having occurred in the Sub-District of Poplar, 1784 in Bromley,
and 355 in Bow; from the 555 deaths which took place in Poplar there
must be deducted 40 deaths of non-residents, and to the remainder must be
added 451 deaths which occurred in outlying institutions, making a total
of 966 deaths of Poplar parishioners. Treating the 1784 registered
deaths in Bromley in the same manner, viz , deducting 882 deaths of nonparishioners
and adding 223 deaths in outlying institutions, the deaths to
be assigned to this sub-district will be found to be 1125 From the 355
Bow deaths, there must be deducted 4 non-residents and add 334 deaths
in outlying institutions, making a total of 685 deaths.