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MARRIAGE RATE.
The number of Marriages registered in the Borough during
the year amounted to 1,032, compared with 951 in 1906.
The Marriage Rate was 13.5, an increase of 0.7 per 1,000
on 1906, while the Marriage Rate for the whole of London was
equal to 17.0, and for England and Wales 15.8 per 1,000.
MORTALITY.
The total number of Deaths registered in the Borough
amounted to 1,881, compared with 1,888 for the year 1906.
After deducting the deaths of non-residents (275) dying
within the Borough, and adding those of residents (148) who died
outside the district, a corrected total of 1.749 is obtained, compared
with 1,777 in 1906.
The corrected total deaths in Lewisham, 1,749, is equivalent
to a Death Rate of 11.5 per 1,000 living at all ages, and
compares most favourably with the death rate for England and
Wales of 15.0 per 1,000 of the population. The death rate for the
County of London was 14.6, which is the lowest on record. The
rate for the 76 Great Towns equalled 15.4 per 1,000.
Compared with other Metropolitan Boroughs, Lewisham
has the second lowest death rate in London. Hampstead is the
lowest with 9.0, followed by Lewisham 11.5, Stoke Xewington
11.5, Wandsworth 12.8, Woolwich 12.5, Greenwich 12.7 per
1,000 of the population living at all ages.
The districts having the highest death rates in London
were Shoreditch 20.5, Finsbury 18.7, Bermondsey 18.3, Southwark
18.0, Bethnal Green 17.5 and Holborn 17.4. (See Table 12).
The death rate for Lewisham, 11.5 per 1,000 for the
year 1907, shows a decrease of 0.5 over the previous year.