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Marriages.
Taking the number of the population at 76,604, the
marriages in the course of the last year have been
at the rate of 16.5 per 1,000 of the inhabitants—the
rate for the last ten years having been 15.1 per
1,000. In all England the average proportion is
but 8.4 per 1,000; in Austria it is 8.4; in France
8.0; and in Italy 7.5. If, therefore, the number of
marriages is an indication of prosperity, it is evident
that the City of London is in a very flourishing
condition.
Births.
The distribution of births in the City during the
year has been as follows:— 821 in the eastern division,
525 in the western, and 508 in the central;
making a total of 1,854 for the entire City. These
are at the rate of 29.4 per 1,000 of the population of
the first-named district, 27.8 of the second, and 17
of the third; the average for the whole City being
24.2. In the whole of the Metropolis the average
birth-rate is 35.1 per 1,000 of the population, and
in the 17 chief towns of the United Kingdom, as
selected by the Registrar General, it is 35.9 In all
England and Wales it is 35.4 per 1,000; in Austria
it is 40.2; in Spain 38.0; in Italy 37.5; and in
France 26.3. Measured, therefore, by these proportions,
it is evident that the birth-rate of the City
is remarkably low.