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Marriages.
The number of marriages in the administrative connty of London in 1902 (53 weeks) was
40,817, giving an annual rate of persons married of 17.8 per 1,000 living.

The accompanying diagram (I.) shows the marriage rate in each year since 1850 in relation
to the mean marriage rate of the period 1851-1902.
In the year 1902, among the males 4.0 per cent, married were under 21 years of age, and
among the females 14.1 per cent.; the figures for previous years are shown in the following table;
the proportions in England and "Wales are also given for the purpose of comparison—

Of the 1,619 husbands who were under 21 years of age at the date of their marriage 1,615
were bachelors who married spinsters, and 4 were bachelors who married widows. Of the 5,738
wives who were under 21 years of age at the date of their marriage 5,659 were spinsters who
married bachelors, 77 were spinsters who married widowers, and two were widows who married
bachelors.
Births.
The number of births registered in the administrative county of London in 1902 (53 weeks)
was 132,810, giving a birth-rate of 28.5 per 1,000 living per annum. The steady decline in the
London birth-rate noted in previous reports has continued, and the birth-rate for 1902 is the
lowest recorded rate in London since the institution of civil registration.

* The rates for these years relate to the Administrative County of London; the rates shown for the periods previous to 1801 relate
to the Registration County of London.