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Islington 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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1908] 10
MARRIAGES.
The number ol persons married in 1908 was 5,562, which corresponds
to a rate of 15.63 per 1,000 of the population. This is the lowest
marriaee rate recorded since 1889.

Table: TABLE VI. Showing the number of Persons Married and the Marriage Rates in theBorough in 1908.

TABLE VI. Showing the number of Persons Married and the Marriage Rates in theBorough in 1908.

No. persons married.Persons married per 1,000 inhabitants.
1st quarter8429.65
2nd „1,50817.28
3rd „1,77220.30
4th „1,44015.32
The year5,56215.63

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These figures compare with a yearly average or 6,088 persons married, and
a rate of 17.92 per 1,000 inhabitants during the ten years 1898-1907.

Table: The record of marriages in Islington since 1841, given in decades and as abstracted and collected from the Registrar-General's annual reports is as follows :— Table VII.Showing the Marriages and Marriage Rates in Six Decennial Periods, 1841-1900, and in 1901-1908.

The record of marriages in Islington since 1841, given in decades and as abstracted and collected from the Registrar-General's annual reports is as follows :— Table VII.Showing the Marriages and Marriage Rates in Six Decennial Periods, 1841-1900, and in 1901-1908.

Periods.Marriages.Persons married per 1,000 of the Population.
1841-506,109l6.81
1851-6010,90117.96
1861-7016,19417.84
1871-8020,88917.06
1881-9023,32215.55
1891-190028,94717.44
1901-08 (8 years)26,93719.68
19085,56215.63