Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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. | |
1851-1860 | 2.8 | 11.9 | 5.7 | |
1861-1870 | 3.6 | 14.6 | 6.8 | 20.4 |
1871-1880 | 4.7 | 16.9 | 8.0 | 22.0 |
1881-1890 | 5.5 | 18.9 | 6.8 | 20.8 |
1891-1900 | 4.7 | 16.5 | 5.4 | 17.5 |
1901 | 4.4 | 15.0 | 5.0 | 16.0 |
1902 | 4.0 | 14.0 | 4.7 | 15.4 |
1903 | 3.8 | 13.7 | 4.6 | 15.2 |
1904 | 3.7 | 13.9 | 4.6 | 15.3 |
1905 | 3.6 | 13.0 | 4.4 | 14.7 |
1906 | 3.5 | 12.9 | 4.3 | 14.6 |
1907 | 3.2 | 11.8 | 4.1 | 14.2 |
1908 | 2.9 | 11.3 | 4.0 | 14.0 |
1909 | 3.1 | 11.1 | 4.0 | 13.7 |
1910 | 2.9 | 10.8 | 3.8 | 13.3 |
1911 | 31 | 10.9 | 3.9 | 13.3 |
1912 | 31 | 11.2 | 3.9 | 13.5 |
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. |
---|---|---|---|
1851-1860 | 33.6a | 1904 | 28.5b |
1861-1870 | 35.4a | 1905 | 27.9b |
1871-1880 | 35.4a | 1906 | 27.6b |
1881-1890 | 33.2 | 1907 | 26.9b |
1891-1900 | 30.2b | 1908 | 26.7b |
1901-1910 | 27.5b | 1909 | 25.8b |
1910 | 25.5b | ||
1901 | 28.9b | 1911 | 24.8b |
1902 | 28.7b | 1912 | 24.5b |
1903 | 28.8b | 1913 | 24.5b |
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. |
---|---|---|---|
1851-1860 | 34.1a | 1904 | 28.0 |
1861-1870 | 35.2a | 1905 | 27.3 |
1871-1880 | 35.4a | 1906 | 27.2 |
1881-1890 | 32.4 | 1907 | 26.5 |
1891-1900 | 29.9 | 1908 | 26.7 |
1901-1910 | 27.2 | 1909 | 25.8 |
1910 | 25.1 | ||
1901 | 28.5 | 1911 | 24.4 |
1902 | 28.5 | 1912 | 23.8 |
1903 | 28.5 | 1913 | 23.9 |
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.