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MARRIAGE RATE.
The number of Marriages registered in the Borough during
the year amounted to 906, compared with 848 in 1904.
The Marriage Rate was 12.5, an increase of 0.5 per 1,000
on 1904, while the Marriage Rate for the whole of London was
equal to 16-9 per 1,000.
MORTALITY.
The total number of Deaths registered in the Borough
amounted to 1,804, compared with 1,799 for the year 1904.
After deducting the deaths of non-residents (232) dying
within the Borough, and adding those of residents (119) who died
outside the district, a corrected total of 1,691 is obtained, compared
with 1,679 in 1904.
The corrected total deaths in Lewisham, 1,691, is equivalent
to a Death Rate of 11.7 per 1,000 living at all ages, and
compares most favourably with the death rate for England and
Wales of 15.2 per 1,000 of the population, which is lower than
the rate in any other year on record. The death rate for the
County of London, 15.1, is also the lowest on record. The rate
for the 76 Great Towns equalled 15.7 per 1,000.
Compared with other Metropolitan Boroughs, Lewisham
has the second lowest death rate in London. Hampstead
is the lowest with 9.3, followed by Lewisham 11.7,
Wandsworth 12.6, and Woolwich 12.8 per 1,000 of the
population living at all ages.