The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-26
STRIKING I'M REASE
I'M THE JNlBER OF
MARRIAGES SHOWN
BY the Registrar Generals Re-
turn for England and Wales
Recently Issued.

ycorgsspondonce Of the Associated Prsss.j
LONDON, Dec. 25.--The resistrai
generals return OF marriages, births
and deaths in England and Wales 70,
Gently issued. which covers tho per,
lod for, April. May and June last
showsia striking Increase In tho mum.
Der OF marriages On the other hand
the birth rate shows an appreciabh
decrease during July. ,Augnnt and Sep.
tombcr last, and reached low rec,
ord point never before touched.
The marriage record has boon cs,
tnblishod, principally owing to tho
war. many young men going through
the ceremony OF marriage TO save
their sweethearts from falling into
other hands while they arc In thu
lighting field and others going through,
the form Of marriage to escape this
recruiting officers attentions IN tho
unmarried naturally are TO BIO called
upon to serve before tho married men,
london has led the way in creating
this marriage record.
The following figures show how the
marriage rate has fiuctuatcd per thou
sand OF the population for tho juno
quarter during the last ten years.
1906 to 1915.
1906, ia; 1907, 1871; 1908, 1858,
1909, 1853; 1910. 1917; 1911. 1853; 1919,
16.4; 1913. 49,. 1914. 17.4: 1915. 200.
The actual number Of marriages re.
corded during April, May and juno
last totalled 97,0sS, compared with
s1,o96 and 65,9o4 respectively In the
second quarters OF 1914 and 1913.
In the first thrso months OF this year
the total was 55.d07.
In relation to population. tho mar
riage rate was 20,9 per thousand-3.6
above the rate for the corresponding
period of 1914, and AZ higher than
the average for tho ten preceding aoo-
ond quarters. London had tho high.
est marriage rate. which was 26.S per
thousand. ll8
The births registered for July, Aus
gust and September last. In compari-
son with the same period OF 1914, In
80 per Thousand below. and 4.5 below
tho average for the Same quarter OF
the ten preceding years.
The actual number OF births wna
197.492. q decrease iof 20.3G0 on tho
total for the September quarter Of
Inst year and 2S,009 less than in the
same months OF 1918. OF the 1919
births. 1884 were illogitimatc, or 1927
less than In the corresponding period
OF last year.
AS q result OF the heavy decline IN
births the natural increase OF popula.
ton was 2s.49g below the total for
the September quarter OF 1914, and
1876 less than that for the same per-
iod Of 1913. Below are set out the
numbers by which births exceeded
deaths In the third quarter Of each
of the last four years
1912, 1862; 1918, 1905; 1914,
III ,577; 1916. 5000.
Deaths registered numbered 100-
413, q figure which represents nm am
nual rate of 11.6 per thousand per-
sons living, this being 4 below tho
rate In the September quarter OF 1914
and LIZ less than the decennial aver
ngc. Among males the death rate was
12.s and among females 10.6. Out OF
equal numbers living. the deaths OF
males were 10 those Of females as 12I
is to 100, the mean proportion In tho
third quarters Of the ten preceding
years being 11S TO 100. Mortality in
the infant section was equal to nine
ty-eight per thousand. or twcnty-eight
below the ten years average.
In the three months ending June
80 last, 269,563 births and 1878
deaths were registered. The natural
increase in population, therefore, was
90.770 The total number Of persons
married In tho United Kingdom during
the same quarter was 224,022. The
birth rate In the second quarter OF
1916 was 1913. the death rate 1874, and
the marriage rate 1914 per thousand Of
estimated population.