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London County Council 1892

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Sanitary area.	Tenements with,	Number of tenements.	Percentage of all tenements	Total occupants	Percentage of populution in each group of tenements.	Average occupants per room.	Number of one to four roomed tenements with more than two occupants per room.	Overcrowding. Number of occupiers of such tenements.	Percentage of population in such tenements.
Sanitary area.	Tenements with,	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
St. Saviour	1 room	2,091	33.2	4,919	18.1	2.35	753	2,834	10.43
	2 rooms	1,690	26.8	6,395	23.5	1.89	611	3,335	12.27
	3 „	949	15.1	4,692	17.3	1.65	220	1,742	6.41
	4 „	587	9.3	3,445	12.7	1.47	92	887	3.26
Shoreditch	1 room	8,373	29.1	20,112	16.2	2.40	3,167	12,037	9.71
	2 rooms	7,637	26.5	30,300	24.4	1.98	2,670	16,098	12.98
	3 „	4,959	17.2	24,559	19.8	1.65	1,180	9,315	7.51
	4 „	3,529	12.2	20,258	16.3	1.51	442	4,319	3.48
Strand	1 room	1,854	30.9	4,538	18.1	2.45	709	2,805	11.17
	2 rooms	1,556	25.9	6,083	21.2	1.95	541	3,354	13.35
	3 „	983	16.4	4,209	16.8	1.43	157	1,257	5.00
	4 „	309	5.1	1,563	6.2	1.26	37	359	1.43
Wandsworth	1 room	1,868	5.9	3,332	2.1	1.78	352	1,272	0.81
	2 rooms	2,749	8.6	8,141	5.2	1.48	445	2,543	1.62
	3 „	3,911	12.3	14,884	9.5	1.27	365	2,769	1.76
	4 „	4,616	14.5	21,752	13.9	1.18	227	2,172	1.38
Whitechapel	1 room	4,575	32.1	13,396	18.2	2.93	2,411	9,891	13.45
	2 rooms	4,167	29.2	19,522	26.5	2.34	2,075	13,434	18.26
	3 „	2,173	15.2	12,221	16.6	1.87	750	6,256	8.51
	4 „	1,138	8.0	7,072	9.6	1.55	237	2,411	3.28
Woolwich	1 room	1,341	17.2	2,951	7.2	2.20	422	1,521	3.72
	2 rooms	1,434	18.4	4,865	11.9	1.68	339	1,973	4.83
	3 „	1,326	17.0	5,584	13.7	1.40	177	1,370	3.35
	4 „	1,423	18.3	7,280	17.8	1.28	107	1,042	2.55

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Marriages.
There were 37,175 marriages in the registration county of London in 1892, giving an annual
rate of 17.4 per 1,000 living.

Table: The marriage rate since 1870 has been as follows—

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The marriage rate since 1870 has been as follows—

1871	19.5	1882	18.4
1872	19.9	1883	18.1
1873	19.8	1884	17.9
1874	19.4	1885	17.4
1875	19.6	1886	17.2
1876	19.2	1887	16.9
1877	18.7	1888	16.9
1878	18.5	1889	17.1
1879	18.0	1890	17.6
1880	18.1	1891	17.7
1881	18.1	1892	17.4

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The fall in the marriage rate during recent years can be appreciated by reference to the
accompanying diagram (I.). The marriage rate of England in the period 1871-80 ranged between 14'4
and 17'6 ; in the period 1881-90, between 14.2 and 15.5; in 1891, the marriage rate was 15'6, and in
1892, 15 4.

Table: With the full of the marriage rate there was in 1891, as eompared with previous census years, a relative decrease in the proportion of young married men resident in London, as will be seen in the following table—

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With the full of the marriage rate there was in 1891, as eompared with previous census years, a relative decrease in the proportion of young married men resident in London, as will be seen in the following table—

	Married males.			Unmarried males.
	Aged 15 and upwards.	Aged 15 to 25.	per cent.	Aged 15 and upwards.	Aged 15 to 25.	per cent.
	1851	399,098	22,674	5.7	295,446	184,179	62.3
1861	481,386	28,144	5.8	324,689	214,060	65.9
1871	536,788	33,095	5.9	380,763	253,577	66.6
1881	641,808	39,632	6.1	462,550	307,849	66.5
1891	705,865	38,699	5.5	539,151	352,539	66.2

Table: It is, however, noteworthy that the marriages of minors constitute, in successive decennia, an increasing proportion of total marriages. This is shown in the following table—

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It is, however, noteworthy that the marriages of minors constitute, in successive decennia, an increasing proportion of total marriages. This is shown in the following table—

	Marriages of minors per cent, of total marriages in London.
	Men.	Women.
1851-60	2.77	11.95
1861-70	3.56	14.56
1871-80	4.71	16.90
1881-90	5.53	18.91

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Table: The marriage rate since 1870 has been as follows—

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Table: With the full of the marriage rate there was in 1891, as eompared with previous census years, a relative decrease in the proportion of young married men resident in London, as will be seen in the following table—

Table: It is, however, noteworthy that the marriages of minors constitute, in successive decennia, an increasing proportion of total marriages. This is shown in the following table—