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Bethnal Green 1897

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green, Parish of St. Matthew ]

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And young adults, the mortality amongst whom would be so low
as to more than counterbalance the infant mortality.

Table: The following table compares the birth.rates for Bethnal Green ,&nd for London by quarters:—

The following table compares the birth.rates for Bethnal Green ,&nd for London by quarters:—

Quarter endingLondon.Bethnal Green.
April 331139.7
July 329 136. 3
October 230. 337.2
Jauuary 129. 535.8

Table: MARRIAGES.In this parish there are fourteen Churches, fifteen Chapels, and one Registry Office licensed for Marriages : of these there were in the

MARRIAGES.

In this parish there are fourteen Churches, fifteen Chapels, and one Registry Office licensed for Marriages : of these there were in the

Quarter ending.Church of England.Before Registrar.Total.
31st March22718245
30th June37716393
30th September31725342
31st December40926335
Total1330851415

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This total of 1415 indicates a marriage rate of 10 9 to every
thousand persons living or, as in each marriage there are two contracting
parties, 21.9 of our population enters the bonds of matrimony
during the year. Eighty.five of these weddings were purely civil
contracts inasmuch as the presence of the Registrar was necessary
to legalize the ceremony, though most of the weddings took place
in chapels.