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MARRIAGE RATE.
The number of Marriages registered in the Borough during
the year amounted to 992, compared with 1,03.2 in 1007.
The Marriage Rate was 12.7, a decrease of 0.8 per 1,000
on 1007, while the Marriage Rate for the whole of London was
equal to 15.0, and for England and Wales 14.0 per 1,000.
MORTALITY.
The total number of Deaths registered in the Borough
amounted to 1,858, compared with 1,881 for the year 1007.
After deducting the deaths of non-residents (243) dying
within the Borough, and adding those of residents (143) who died
outside the district, a corrected total of 1,757 is obtained, compared
with 1,749 in 1907.
The corrected total deaths in Lewisham, 1,757, is equivalent
to a Death Rate of 11.0 per 1,000 living at all ages, and
compares most favourably with the death rate for England and
Wales of 14.7 per 1,000 of the population. The death rate for the
County of London was 13.8, which is the lowest on record. The
rate for the 76 Great Towns equalled 14.0 per 1,000.
Compared with other Metropolitan Boroughs, Lewisham
again has the second lowest death rate in London. Hampstead is
the lowest with 8.5, followed by Lewisham 11.0, Woolwich 11.4,
Wandsworth 11.6, Battersea 12.2, Stoke Newington 12.3 per
1,000 of the population living at all ages.