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London County Council 1913

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

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Report, of the County Medical Officer—General.
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seen that both in London and in England and Wales the proportion of male and female minors in every 100 marriages has been diminishing for a number of years, but there is some indication of a pause in the decline:—

Period.Marriages of minors per cent. of total marriages.
London.England anrl Wales.
Males.Females.Males.Females.
1851-18602.811.95.718.0
1861-18703.614.66.820.4
1871-18804.716.98.022.0
1881-18905.518.96.820.8
1891-19004.716.55.417.5
19014.415.05.016.0
19024.014.04.715.4
19033.813.74.615.2
19043.713.94.615.3
19053.613.04.414.7
19063.512.94.314.6
19073.211.84.114.2
19082.911.34.014.0
19093.111.14.013.7
19102.910.83.813.3
19113110.93.913.3
19123111.23.913.5

Births.
The number of births in the Administrative County of London in 1913 (53 weeks)
was 112,637, giving a birth-rate of 24.5 per 1,000 persons living per annum.

The birth-rate in successive periods has been as follows:—

Period.Birth-rate per 1,000 persons living.Period.Birth-rate per 1,000 persons living.
1851-186033.6a190428.5b
1861-187035.4a190527.9b
1871-188035.4a190627.6b
1881-189033.2190726.9b
1891-190030.2b190826.7b
1901-191027.5b190925.8b
191025.5b
190128.9b191124.8b
190228.7b191224.5b
190328.8b191324.5b

Birth-rates—
London.

The corresponding figures for England and Wales, which show a decline generally similar to that noted in London, are as follows:—

Period.Birth-rate per 1,000 persons living.Period.Birth-rate per 1,000 persons living.
1851-186034.1a190428.0
1861-187035.2a190527.3
1871-188035.4a190627.2
1881-189032.4190726.5
1891-190029.9190826.7
1901-191027.2190925.8
191025.1
190128.5191124.4
190228.5191223.8
190328.5191323.9

Birth-rates—
England and
Wales.
The following table enables comparison to be made of the birth-rate in London and Greater
London with that of the chief towns of England ; it should be borne in mind, however, that the London
figures alone are fully corrected (i.e., by the exclusion of births within the County to mothers not usually
Birth-rates
in large
English
towns.
(a) The registration of births was not male compulsory until the beginning of 1875; before that year many
births were probably unregistered, (b) See footnote (6) page 6.