RECORD NUMBER
BRITISH MARRIAGES
DEATHS ALSO HIGH
c^Rec.l.3o p.m.)
LONDON, May 2
' ~ Marriages last- year, in England, and -Wales created a new high record. They 468,267, being . 28,573 above ■the previous record ye.ar, 1939. Live' '•■■ births numbered 607,131, of 12,221 below '•1939; ;and still births ,22,648, the lowest oon-record,* a;-.■'••- J>.V;:'-- ■■'•..-. '!'-' ■ •'
Deaths totalled 527,882, or 73,914 more
than in 1939. ■ An increase of ;twb- ~ thirds occurred in the; first quarter, there was a considerable amount pi influenza due to the severe weather. >—rUP.A. ;:■■■:■. ' ''■'■ " " .:V" v; .-' / S
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 103, 3 May 1941, Page 10
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