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Marriages.
There were 1,315 marriages (1,324 in 1934). The marriage rate was 17.9 as
compared with 18.19, 17.70, 15.79 and 17.7 in the four preceding years.
Deaths.
The total number of deaths registered in the Borough was 1,238. This figure
includes 156 non-residents who died in the district but does not include 418
residents who died outside the Borough. When allowance is made for inward
and outward transfers, the nett figure of 1,500 is obtained. The death-rate for
the year was 10.2, compared with 11.3 in 1934 and 11.2 in 1933.
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 the age and sex constitution of the
population. This adjusting factor for Woolwich is 1.06 so that the adjusted
death rate for 1935 is 10.8.
In 1935 the death-rate for England and Wales was 11.7, for London, 11.4,
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, 11.9; Second quarter, 10.7; Third quarter, 8.6; Fourth quarter,
9.8.
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 60.9.
The following Tables are self-explanatory:—