Show Marriage 1 Rate Rale The Public Health Service reports that the nations nation's marriage rate apparently dipped last ye year l' l 1951 1051 to the lowest point since 1938 1038 And the divorce rate for 1951 was estimated estimated estimated esti esti- mated to be the lowest since 1941 The 1951 1051 marriage rate was to each thousand of population was 31 3 3 per cent below the record set in 1943 1948 I and ind 6 0 per cent down from 1950 i There were marriages marriage es estimated estimated es- es for tor 1951 a reduction of from the 1950 total Last year icar ear there were 24 divorces granted for tor every 1000 p per persons r ons compared with 25 In 1950 when a recI record record rec rec- ord was set the divorce rate has dropped 44 per cent tent It was estimated estimated esti est mated mated there were divorces I din in I 1551 51 compared with in I 1950 i |