Marriage in Brita: n Is still booming especially In London. The latest Felurn of the Registrar-General, which records 109,000 marriages in the past Quarter, marks the highest marriage-Fate recorded in this country for 14 Years. The rate for the quarter was 218 per thousand of the population, and "the only year in which that figure has been exceeded in the September quarter was in 1920 when tremendous boom in marriage ceded the close of the War. Neither before nor since has the present high figure been reached, though the September quarter is easily the most popular period for weddings in Great Britain, The 109,000 marriages now recorded exceeded those in the cor responding three months last year
than the figures Zor that quarter ten 6000 and "wore 20000 greater rs. ago., They. represented about 1400 marriages pe= day in England and Wales and. 14 every day London alone. The total number for this. year so far is: London, 32,290; England and Wales 252362. These figures promise to make 1994 an out standing year in marriage records, for lowing the average of 80.000 mar-country's nages hree months the
332,000" or 87,000 more than the anual number ten years ago. London well maintains its position with the highest marriage rate of all the large cities, and is also becoming notable for its early marriages. The largest froup_ of London bridegrooms ix that between the ages of 25~80 but one-third of the marrying men are even younger (2i=25). As for the brides, about one out of every 5 married in the "tapper stage" (thi Is, under 21), and une out of every ten before she has passed out of her teens, Nearly 60 per cent. of the brides are under 25. The drop in the numbe= of brides and bridegrooms over 30 is remarkable. Indeed, if a isn't roamed at 30 it is 5 to 1 against his marrying at al!
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