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Marriages.
There were 1,324 marriages (1,248 in 1933). The marriage rate was 18.19 as
compared with 17.70, 15.79, 17.7 and 14.1 in the four preceding years.
Deaths.
The total number of deaths registered in the Borough was 1,364. This figure
includes 167 non.residents who died in the district, but does not include 453 residents
who died outside the Borough. When allowance is made for inward and outward
transfers the nett figure of 1,650 is obtained. The death.rate for the year was 11.3,
compared with 11.2 in 1933 and 11.1 in 1932.
In order to make the local death rate comparable from a mortality point of view
with the crude death rate of the country as a whole or with the mortality of any
other area, the Registrar General supplies a factor by which the crude death rate
should be multiplied, based upon age and sex constitution of the population. This
adjusting factor for Woolwich is 1.06, so that the adjusted death rate for 1934
is 12.0.
In 1934 the death.rate for England and Wales was 11.8, for London, 11.9, and
the mean death.rate for 121 County Boroughs and Great Towns (including London)
was 11.8.
The seasonal mortality in the four quarters of the year was as follows:—First
quarter, 13.7; Second quarter, 10.1; Third quarter, 9.2; Fourth quarter, 11.8.
Deaths in Public Institutions.—In tabular form is shown below the number of
deaths of Woolwich residents which took place in various institutions during the
year.

The percentage of institutional deaths to total deaths was therefore 60.18.
The following Tables are self-explanatory.