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MARRIAGE RATE.
The number of Marriages registered in the Borough during
the year amounted to 951, compared with 906 in 1905.
The Marriage Rate was 12.8, an increase of 0.3 per 1,000
on 1905, while the Marriage Rate for the whole of London was
equal to 17.1, and for England and Wales 15.6 per 1,000.
MORTALITY.
The total number of Deaths registered in the Borough
amounted to 1,888, compared with 1,804 for the year 1905.
After deducting the deaths of non-residents (228) dying
within the Borough, and adding those of residents (117) who died
outside the district, a corrected total of 1,777 is obtained, compared
with 1,691 in 1905.
The corrected total deaths in Lewisham, 1,777, is equivalent
to a Death Rate of 12.0 per 1,000 living at all ages, and
compares most favourably with the death rate for England and
Wales of 15.4 per 1,000 of the population. The death rate for the
County of London was 15.1, which is the same rate as in 1905,
and is the lowest on record. The rate for the 76 Great Towns
equalled 15.9 per 1,000.
Compared with other Metropolitan Boroughs, Lewisham
has the third lowest death rate in London. Hampstead is the
lowest with 9.4, followed by Stoke Newington 11.5, Lewisham
12.0, Paddington 12.5, Wandsworth 12.8 and Westminster 12.9
per 1,000 of the population living at all ages.
The districts having the highest death rates in London
were Finsbury, 20.7, Bermondsey, 19.7, Shoreditch, 19.6,