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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Giles (Camden) 1889
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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In 1889 there were 322 marriages in the District, corresponding
to a marriage rate of 14.1 per 1,000 for the year;
this rate showed a decrease of 1.0 upon that recorded for
1888, but identical with that of thedecennial average 1879-88.
Of the 322 marriages, 200 were solemnized in the three parish churches, 78 in Nonconformist places of worship, and 44 in the Superintendent Registrar's office, as follows:—
| Name of Building. | Denomination, &c. | Number of M arriages. |
|---|---|---|
| Parish Church, St. Giles-in-the-Fields | Established Church. | 82 |
| Parish Church, St. George, Bloomsbury | ditto | 97 |
| Holy Trinity Church, Little Queen Street | ditto | 21 |
| Sardinian Chapel, Sardinia Street | Roman Catholic | 27 |
| Bloomsbury Chapel, Bloomsbury Street | Baptist | 7 |
| Little Wild Street Chapel | ditto | 1 |
| Kingsgate Chapel, Kingsgate Street | ditto | 2 |
| Keppel Street Chapel | ditto | ... |
| Great Queen Street Chapel | Wesleyan Methodist | 3 |
| Eglise Suisse, Endell Street | Swiss Reformed | 2 |
| Church | ||
| Bedford Chapel, Bloomsbury Street | Unitarian | 2 |
| Superintendent Registrar's Office, Broad Street | 78 | |
| Total number of marriages | 322 | |
The marriages registered in London numbered 35,484,giving
a proportion of 16.3 persons married to 1,000 of the population;
this was a rate slightly higher than it had been in the
preceding year, when it was the lowest on record.
In England and Wales the number of marriages registered
was 427,392, viz., 81,926 in the first quarter of the year,
111,372 in the second, 107,542 in the third, and 126,552 in
the fourth. The marriage rate per 1,000 of the estimated
population was 14.7, and corresponded with the mean rate
in the ten preceding years 1879-88.