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The distribution of the marriages was as follows:—515
were in the Eastern Union, 454 were
in the Western, and 633 were in the City of
London Union, or City proper. Both of the
former numbers are below the average for the
year; but the latter is somewhat in excess of the
average, 609. In the Eastern District of the City
the marriages have been at the rate of 12.2 per
1,000 of the population, in the Western 16.9, and
in the Central 13.6—the average for the whole
City being about 14 per 1,000 of the population.
In all England the proportion is about 8.4 per
1,000, and in the whole of the metropolis it is 10.3.
The marriages in the City, therefore, have been
greatly above the common average, and it is
remarkable that the largest proportion has been
in the poorest districts, and the smallest in the
City proper. As usual, the greatest number of
marriages has been in the quarter ending in
September.
Of the 2,594 births in the City, 1,281 were boys,
and 1,313 girls, and they were thus distributed—
1,104 were in the Eastern Division, 712 were in
the Western, and 778 were in the Central. These
are in the proportion of 26.7 per 1,000 of the
inhabitants of the first and second divisions of the
City, and only 16.7 of the third—the average for
the entire City being 22.6. In former years, the