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The causes of death were returned as follows:—Natural
causes 30. The remaining 27 were violent deaths, of which
24 were returned as accidental, 3 as suicidal.
Twenty-eight deaths were registered as "Not Certified,"
no formal inquest being considered necessary by the
Coroner after inquiry into the circumstances.
Marriages.
During the year 1890 there were 445 Marriages in the
Parish of Lewisham, of which 337 were solemnised in the
various Churches, 34 in Dissenting Chapels, and 74 at the
Registrar's Office.
During the same period there were 131 marriages in the
Hamlet of Penge, of which 109 were solemnised in Churches,
11 in Dissenting Chapels, and 11 at the Registrar's Office.
Total 576, as compared with 538 in 1889.
The marriage rate was equal to 12.1 persons married
per 1,000 of estimated population.
In London it was 16.6 per 1,000, a somewhat higher
rate than in any of three preceding years, but otherwise the
lowest recorded since civil registration began.
In England and Wales it was equal to 15.1 per 1000 ;
a slightly higher rate than has occurred during the last six
years.
Meteorology.
The mean temperature of the air at Greenwich in 1890
was 48.6.