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Marriages.
There were 1,224 marriages in the Borough during 1953, of which 780 took
place in churches. The remaining 444 took place at the Woolwich Register Office.
Of the number of marriages which took place in churches in the Borough, Registrars
of Marriages attended on 93 occasions.
Census, 1951—County of London Report.
In December, 1953, the Registrar General issued the County of London Report
giving information regarding the Census taken in April, 1951.
The Report deals with population, dwellings, rooms and families, and with
sex, age and marital conditions.
The population of the County of London has declined during the last 20 years
by 1,049,021. Only three Boroughs—Lewisham, Hampstead and Woolwich—
record increased populations during this period, whilst Stepney, Islington, Camberwell,
Poplar, Southwark, Lambeth and Bermondsey all record decreased populations
of more than 50,000.
The population of the Borough at the time of the Census was 147,891 (comprising
72,334 males and 75,557 females) being an increase of 1,010 compared with
the 1931 Census.
The Registrar General estimates the population of the Borough at mid-1953
was 151,100.
The following table gives details of the increases and decreases in the population
of the various Wards of the Borough during the last 20 years.

The number of persons per acre in the Administrative County of London at
the time of the Census was 44.7, and in the Metropolitan Boroughs this figure varied
from 92.5 in Paddington to 17.9 in Woolwich.
The following table shows the age and sex group of the population at the time
of the Census. For comparative purposes the number of persons in 1931 is also
shown.
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