[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]

Page 7

These, however, being of the various wards, are interesting from other points of view and are well worth showing.

Year.	The Borough.	All Souls.	St. Mary.	Christ Church.	St. John.

Page 10

The following is a statement showing the total receipts at each of the conveniences for the year ended March, 1931, and the amount of increase or decrease as compared with the previous year.

	1931			1930			Increase			Decrease
	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.

Page 14

nuisances of various kinds detected and remedied, are set out in the following table :—

	Districts.
	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3	No. 4	No. 5	No. 6	Borough

Page 14

The only summons issued during the year had reference to a failure to comply with a statutory notice and is detailed below :—

Premises.	Offence. (Proceedings taken under the Public Health (London) Act 1891, etc.)	Result.

Page 17

Underground rooms and underground sleeping rooms, though controlled, the former under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and the latter under special regulations under the Housing Acts, are not registered.

	Number of premises				Number of inspections 1930	Number of notices 1930	Number of prosecutions, 1930
	On register at end of 1929	Added in 1930	Removed in 1930	On register at end of 1930	Number of inspections 1930	Number of notices 1930	Number of prosecutions, 1930

Page 19

1.—INSPECTION.

	Number of
Premises	Inspections	Written Notices	Prosecutions
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)

Page 19

2,—DEFECTS FOUND.

Particulars		Number of Defects			Number of Prosecutions
Particulars		Found	Remedied	Referred to H.M Inspector	Number of Prosecutions
(1)		(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)

Page 20

3.—HOME WORK.

OUTWORKERS' LISTS, SECTION 107.										OUTWORK IN UNWHOLESOME PREMISES, SECTION 108.			OUTWORK IN INFECTED PREMISES, SECTIONS 109,110
NATURE OF WORK.	Lists received from Employers.						Notices served on Occupiers as to keeping or sending lists.	Prosecutions.		Instances.	Notices served.	Prosecutions.	Instances.	Orders made (S 110)	Prosecutions (Sections 109, 110)
	Sending twice in the year.			Sending once in the year.				Failing to keep or permit inspection of lists.	Failing to send lists.
	Outworkers.			Outworkers.
	Lists.	Contractors.	Work-men.	Lists.	Contractors.	Workmen.
(1)	(2,	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)	(12)	(13)	(14)	(15)	(16)

Page 21

4.—REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.

Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year		Number
(1)		(2)

Page 22

Situation, etc., of Licensed Common Lodging Houses,

Address.	Registered Owner.	Registered number of Occupants.

Page 24

The quarterly returns as to milk samples are tabulated below :—

Quarter of the Year.	No. of Samples Taken.	No. of Samples Adulterated.	Percentage Adulterated.	No. of Prosecutions Instituted.	Fines and Costs.

Page 27

Miscellaneous—

Page 28

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PUBLIC ANALYST, 1930. The number of samples taken under the Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act and submitted for analysis, was 1,103 : an increase as compared with the samples for 1929, the number for that year being 1,040. A complete list is as follows :—

ANALYSES
No.	Article	Number Examined				Number Adulterated, etc.
No.	Article	Formal	Informal	Private	Total	Formal	Informal	Private	Total

Page 29

ANALYSES

		Number Examined				Number Adulterated, etc.
No.	Article	Formal	Informal	Private	Total	Formal	Informal	Private	Total

Page 29

Adulterated Samples, etc.

Serial Number	Article	Whether Formal, Informal, or Private	Nature of Adulteration or Irregularity	Observations

Page 30

Omitting adulterated samples the average composition or the other milks taken during the year was as follows :—

Year.	Sp: Gr:	Total Solids.	Fat.	Solids not Fat.

Page 30

This year (1930) the fat content of the loose creams examined is even more satisfactory than that of 1929, while the tinned creams have maintained their recovery fairly well from the low record touched in 1927.

Loose Creams.		Tinned Creams.
Year.	Fat.	Year.	Fat.

Page 31

The accompanying table contains a comparison of the rates in the several registration sub-districts and the Borough as a whole for 1930, with those of each of the years since 1925 :—

	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929	1930

Page 31

In some cases duplicate notifications, from different sources, were received with regard to the same birth.

	No.	Per cent.

Page 32

The following short table shows the death-rates in the several registration sub-districts in 1930, and compares them with those of the years onward from 1925 :—

	1925	1928	1927	1928	1929	1930

Page 32

A further table giving the vital statistics of separate localities for 1930, and the ten preceding years, will be found amongst the Ministry of Health Tables on page 77.

Sub-District.	Population estimated to middle of 1929.	Births.			Deaths.
Sub-District.	Population estimated to middle of 1929.	Males.	Females.	Total.	Males.	Females.	Total.

Page 32

1930.

	J anuary-March	April-June	July-Seplember	October-December	Total

Page 33

1925.

	January-March	April-June	July-September	October-December	Total

Page 33

DEATHS IN RELATION TO AGE. The percentage relation of each group to the total number of deaths in 1930 is shown below :—

Page 33

The age distribution of the deaths that occurred in 1930 is shown in the following table, which gives also, for the purpose of comparison, the figures for each age group since 1925.

Age Periods	Under 1 year	1 and under 2 years	2 and under 5 years	5 and under 15 years	15 ard under 25 years	25 and under 45 years	45 and under 65 years	65 and upward	At all Ages

Page 34

In 1929 the figure was 43, and in 1925, 56.

Page 38

Deaths from Phthisis and other Tuberculous Diseases.

Year	No. of Deaths	Population	Rale per 1,000 of Population

Page 39

Cancer : Ages at Death.

Ages	Under 10 1	10 and under 20	20 and under 30	30 and 40 and under 40 under 50		50 and under 60	60 and under 70	70 and upwards	Totals

Page 39

Cancer-situation of the disease.

Parts of the body affected.	Males.	Females.	Totals.

Page 40

The following table shows the number of cases of infectious disease notified during the past six years :—

1925		1926	1927	1928	1929	1930

Page 40

In no case was compulsion necessary in order to ensure removal to hospital :—

Diphtheria	268 or 99.0 per cent. of the cases notified.

Page 41

I he cost and rate per 1,000 lor each ol the past years since 192.) are shown in the following table :—

Year	Amounts paid to Medical Practitioners			Cost per 1,000 of Population
	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.

Page 45

During; the year in certain of the schools, one or more classrooms were closed on account of measles.

SCHOOLS	Scarlet Fever	Diphtheria	Whooping Cough	Chickenpox	Measles	All other Diseases

Page 45

The following table gives information with regard to the cases notified.

Notified	Cases Treated		Vision Unimpaired	Vision Impaired	Total Blindness	Deaths
Notified	At Home	At Hospital	Vision Unimpaired	Vision Impaired	Total Blindness	Deaths

Page 46

1. Total number of deaths from tuberculosis in the Borough 84

Page 47

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF ST. MARYLEBON'E.

	Notifications on Form A.													Notifications on Form B.					Notifications on Form C.
	Number of Primary Notifications.												Total Notifications on Form A.	No. of Primary Notifications.				Total Notifications on Form B.	Poor Law Institutions.	Sanatoria.
Age Periods.	0 to 1	1 to 5	5 to 10	10 to 15	15 to 20	20 to 25	25 to 35	35 to 45	45 to 55	55 to 65	66 and upwards.	Total Primary Notifications	Total Notifications on Form A.	Under 5	5 to 10	10 to 15	Total Primary Notifications.	Total Notifications on Form B.	Poor Law Institutions.	Sanatoria.

Page 48

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF ST. MARYLEBONE.

Age Periods	0 to 1	1 to 5	5 to 10	10 to 15	15 to 20	20 to 25	25 to 35	35 to 45	45 to 55	55 to 65	65 and upwards	Total Cases

Page 52

(a) PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS. Annual Return showing in summary form the condition of all Patients whose case records are in the possession of the Dispensary at the end of 1930, arranged according to the years in which the Patients first came under Public Medical Treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis, and their classification as shown on Form A.

Condition at the time of the last record made during the year to which the Return relates				Previous to 1926					1926					1927					1928						1929					1930
				Class T. B. minus.	Class T. B. plus				Class T. B. minus.	Class T. B. plus-				Class T. B. minus.	Class T. B. plus.				Class T. B. minus.		Class T. B. plus.				Class T. B. minus.	Class T. B. plus.				Class T. B. minus.	Class T. B. plus.
				Class T. B. minus.	Group 1.	Group 2.	Group 3.	Total (Class T.B. plus).	Class T. B. minus.	Group 1.	Group 2.	Group 3.	Total (Class T.B. plus).	Class T. B. minus.	Group 1.	Group 2	Group 3.	Total (Class T.B. plus).	Class T. B. minus.		Group 1.	Group 2.	Group 3.	Total (Class T.B. plus).	Class T. B. minus.	Group 1.	Group 2.	Group 3.	Total (Class T. B. plus).	Class T. B. minus.	Group 1.	- Group 2.	Group 3.	Total (Class T. B. plus).

Page 53

(b) NON-PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS. Annual Return showing in summary form the condition of all Patients whose case records are in the possession of the Dispensary at the end of 1930, arranged according to the years in which the Patients first came under Public Medical Treatment, and their classification as shown on Form A.

Condition at the time of the last record made during the year to which the Return relates				Previous to 1926					1926					1927					1928					1929					1930
				Bones and Joints.	Abdominal.	Other Organs.	Peripheral Glands.	Total.	Bones and Joints.	Abdominal.	Other Organs.	Peripheral Glands.	Total.	Bones and Joints.	Abdominal.	Other Organs.	Peripheral Glands.	Total.	Bones and Joints.	Abdominal.	Other Organs.	Peripheral Glands.	Total.	Bones and Joints.	Abdominal.	Other Organs.	Peripheral Glands.	Total.	Bones and Joints.	Abdominal.	Other Organs.	Peripheral Glands.	Total.

Page 54

Deaths from Phthisis. 1925—1930.

Year	Estimated Population	All Ages	Sub-Districts
Year	Estimated Population	All Ages	All Souls	St. Mary	Christ Church	St. John

Page 54

The following table prepared at the request of the Ministry of Health contains information with regard to age and sex distribution that may be found interesting.

Age Periods	*NEW CASES				ALL DEATHS
	Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary		Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary
	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.

Page 55

CASES OF TUBERCULOSIS NOTIFIED DURING THE 52 WEEKS ENDING 27 TH DECEMBER, 1980.

Localization of Disease.	Cases notified in whole District.								Total cases notified in each Locality.					Number of cases removed to Hospital from each Locality.
	At all Ages.	At ages—years.							All Souls	St. Mary	Christ Church	St. John	Totals	All Souls	St. Mary	Christ Church	St. John	Totals	Cases Isolated at Home
	At all Ages.	Under 1	1 to 5	5 to 15	15 to 25	25 to 45	45 to 65	65 and upwards	All Souls	St. Mary	Christ Church	St. John	Totals	All Souls	St. Mary	Christ Church	St. John	Totals	Cases Isolated at Home

Page 56

The number and nature of the articles disinfected are shown hereunder:—

	Compulsorily Notifiable Diseases.	Phthisis	Measles.	Vermin.	Other causes.	Total.

Page 56

Reasons for Disinfection.

	Compulsorily Notifiable Diseases.	Phthisis.	Measles.	Vermin.	Other causes	Total.

Page 57

The following table shows the number of Adults and School Children using the Baths provided under the above-mentioned Act each month during the year 1930 and annually since 1919: —

1930	ADULTS			CHILDREN
1930	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total

Page 57

Cleansing Station Attendances, 1919-1930.

Year.	ADULTS			CHILDREN
Year.	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total

Page 58

The following table shows the number ot specimens examined for purposes of diagnosis, and indicates also the diseases in relation to which the examinations were made. The work, as formerly, was carried out by Dr. Foulerton.

	1930.
	Positive.	Negative.	Total.

Page 60

11. Infectious Diseases.

Disease.	Number of cases notified during the year. 1930.	Number of cases visited by officers of the Council	Number of cases for whom home nursing was provided by the Council.	Number of cases removed to hospitals.

Page 63

II. STATEMENT SHOWING WORK AT INFANT CONSULTATIONS AND ANTE-NATAL CLINIC CENTRES DURING THE 52 WEEKS ENDING 3 1 st DECEMBER, 1930.

CENTRE.	No. 24 Hill Road.	No. 14 Salisbury Street.	Queen Charlotte's Hospl.	Cosway Street.	No. 30 Marylebone Lane.	The Middlesex Hospl.	The Westn. Genl. Dispy.

Page 64

Number of bodies deposited from 1st January to 3lst December, 1930.

1930.	Males.	Females.	Total.	For burial only.	For inquests.	Total.	No. of P.M 's held.	No. of courts held.	No. of Infectious cases.

Page 68

The table below is taken from the report on the census of 1921 and shows the number of families occupying 1, 2, 3 and 4 rooms and the population in private families:—

Number of Rooms.	1	2	3	4

Page 76

V ITAL STATISTICS OF THE BOROUGH OF ST. MARYLEBONE. DURING 1930 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.

Births.			Total Deaths Registered in the District.		Transferable Deaths.		Nett Deaths belonging to the District.
Uncorrected No. 3	Nett.				Transferable Deaths.		Nett Deaths belonging to the District.
	Nett.				of Non. residents registered in the District. 8	of Residents not registered in the District. 9	Under 1 year of Age.		At all Ages.
	No. 4	Rate, 5	No. 6	Rate. 7	of Non. residents registered in the District. 8	of Residents not registered in the District. 9	No. 10	Rate per 1.000 Nett Births. 11	No. 12	Rate 13

Page 77

TABLE I (a). Vital Statistics of Separate Localities in 1930 and the Ten Previous Years.

Names of Localities	The Whole Borough				All Souls				St. Mary				Christ Church				St. John
Year	Population estimated to middle of each year	Births registered	Deaths at all Ages	Deaths under 1 year	Population esiimatec to middle of each year	Births registered	Deaths at all Ages	Deaths under 1 year	Population estimated to middle of each year	Births registered	Deaths at all Ages	Deaths under 1 year	Population estimated to middle of each year	Births registered	Deaths at all Ages	Deaths under 1 year	Population estimated to middle of each year	Births registered	Deaths at all Ages	Deaths under 1 year
	a.	6.	c.	d.	a.	b.	c.	d.	a.	b.	C.	d.	a.	b.	c.	d.	a.	b.	c.	d.

Page 78

TABLE II. N otifiable D iseases D uring the Y ear 1930. Cases Notified. Deaths Certified.

Disease.	At all Ages.	Under 1	1 to 5	5 to 15	15 to 25	25 to 45	45 to 65	65 and upwards.	Total No. of Cases Admitted to Hospital.	Total deaths	Under 1	1 to 2	2 to 5	5 to 15	15 to 25	25 to 45	45 to 65	65 and upwards

Page 79

TABLE III.—Causes of, and Ages at Death during the year ending 31st December, 1930.

No.	CAUSES OF DEATH,	Net deaths at the subjoined ages ot ''Residents" whether occurring within or without the district.										Total Deaths whether of Residents or Non-Residents in Institutions in the District.	All Souls.	St. Mary.	Christ Church.	St. John.	Total.
No.	CAUSES OF DEATH,	All Ages.	Under 1	1 1 and under 2.	2 and under 5	5 and under 15.	15 and under25.	25 and under 45.	45 and under65	65 and under 75.	75 and upwards.		All Souls.	St. Mary.	Christ Church.	St. John.	Total.

Page 80

TABLE II. (a). Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the 53 weeks ending 3rd January, 1931.

Notifiable Disease.	Cases notified in whole District.								Total cases notified in each locality.					Number of cases removed to Hospital from each locality.					Cases isolated at home.
	At all ages.	At Ages—years.							All Souls.	St. Mary.	Christ Church	St. John.	Totals.	All Souls,	St. Mary.	Christ Church	St. John.	Totals.
		Under 1	1 to 5	5 to 15	15 to 25	25 to 45	45 to 65	65 and upwards

Page 81

Return made to the Borough Council and Ministry of Health on the 9th February, 1931, by Mr. George H. Bassett, Vaccination Officer of the Borough of St. Marylebone, respecting the Vaccination of Children whose Births were registered in St. Marylebone, from 1st January to 31st December, 1929, inclusive.

Registration Sub-Districts comprised in the Vaccination Officer's District	Number of Births returned in the "Birth List Sheets" as registered from 1st January to 31st Dec., 1929	Number of these Births duly entered by 31st January, 1931, in Columns I, II, IV and V of the "Vaccination Register" (Birth List Sheets), viz.:					Number of these Births which on 31st January, 1931, remained unentered in the "Vaccination Register'' on account (as shown by Report Book) of			Number of these Births remaining on 31st January, 1931. neither duly entered in the "Vaccination Register" (columns 3, 4. 5. 6 and 7 of this Return) nor temporarily accounted for in the "Report Book" (columns 8,9 and 10 of this Return)	Number of Certificates of Successful Primary Vaccination of children under 14 years received during the calendar year 1930	Number of Statutory Declarations of Conscientious Objection actually received by the Vaccination Officer irres pective of the dates of birth of the children to which they relate during the calendai year 1930
		Col. I. Successfully Vaccinated	Col. II.		Col. IV. Number in respect of whom Certificates of Conscientious Objection have been received	Col. V. Dead, Unvaccinated	Postponement by Medical Certificate	Removal to Districts,the Vaccination Officer of which has been duly apprised	Removal to Places unknown or which cannot be reached ; and Cases not having been found
		Col. I. Successfully Vaccinated	Insusceptible of Vaccination	Had SmallPox		Col. V. Dead, Unvaccinated	Postponement by Medical Certificate

London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report tables

Marylebone 1930

57 tables in this report

These, however, being of the various wards, are interesting from other points of view and are well worth showing.

The following is a statement showing the total receipts at each of the conveniences for the year ended March, 1931, and the amount of increase or decrease as compared with the previous year.

nuisances of various kinds detected and remedied, are set out in the following table :—

The only summons issued during the year had reference to a failure to comply with a statutory notice and is detailed below :—

Underground rooms and underground sleeping rooms, though controlled, the former under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and the latter under special regulations under the Housing Acts, are not registered.

1.—INSPECTION.

2,—DEFECTS FOUND.

3.—HOME WORK.

4.—REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.

Situation, etc., of Licensed Common Lodging Houses,

The quarterly returns as to milk samples are tabulated below :—

Miscellaneous—

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PUBLIC ANALYST, 1930. The number of samples taken under the Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act and submitted for analysis, was 1,103 : an increase as compared with the samples for 1929, the number for that year being 1,040. A complete list is as follows :—

ANALYSES

Adulterated Samples, etc.

Omitting adulterated samples the average composition or the other milks taken during the year was as follows :—

This year (1930) the fat content of the loose creams examined is even more satisfactory than that of 1929, while the tinned creams have maintained their recovery fairly well from the low record touched in 1927.

The accompanying table contains a comparison of the rates in the several registration sub-districts and the Borough as a whole for 1930, with those of each of the years since 1925 :—

In some cases duplicate notifications, from different sources, were received with regard to the same birth.

The following short table shows the death-rates in the several registration sub-districts in 1930, and compares them with those of the years onward from 1925 :—

A further table giving the vital statistics of separate localities for 1930, and the ten preceding years, will be found amongst the Ministry of Health Tables on page 77.

1930.

1925.

DEATHS IN RELATION TO AGE. The percentage relation of each group to the total number of deaths in 1930 is shown below :—

The age distribution of the deaths that occurred in 1930 is shown in the following table, which gives also, for the purpose of comparison, the figures for each age group since 1925.

In 1929 the figure was 43, and in 1925, 56.

Deaths from Phthisis and other Tuberculous Diseases.

Cancer : Ages at Death.

Cancer-situation of the disease.

The following table shows the number of cases of infectious disease notified during the past six years :—

In no case was compulsion necessary in order to ensure removal to hospital :—

I he cost and rate per 1,000 lor each ol the past years since 192.) are shown in the following table :—

During; the year in certain of the schools, one or more classrooms were closed on account of measles.

The following table gives information with regard to the cases notified.

1. Total number of deaths from tuberculosis in the Borough 84

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF ST. MARYLEBON'E.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF ST. MARYLEBONE.

Deaths from Phthisis. 1925—1930.

The following table prepared at the request of the Ministry of Health contains information with regard to age and sex distribution that may be found interesting.

CASES OF TUBERCULOSIS NOTIFIED DURING THE 52 WEEKS ENDING 27 TH DECEMBER, 1980.

The number and nature of the articles disinfected are shown hereunder:—

Reasons for Disinfection.

The following table shows the number of Adults and School Children using the Baths provided under the above-mentioned Act each month during the year 1930 and annually since 1919: —

Cleansing Station Attendances, 1919-1930.

The following table shows the number ot specimens examined for purposes of diagnosis, and indicates also the diseases in relation to which the examinations were made. The work, as formerly, was carried out by Dr. Foulerton.

11. Infectious Diseases.

II. STATEMENT SHOWING WORK AT INFANT CONSULTATIONS AND ANTE-NATAL CLINIC CENTRES DURING THE 52 WEEKS ENDING 3 1 st DECEMBER, 1930.

Number of bodies deposited from 1st January to 3lst December, 1930.

The table below is taken from the report on the census of 1921 and shows the number of families occupying 1, 2, 3 and 4 rooms and the population in private families:—

V ITAL STATISTICS OF THE BOROUGH OF ST. MARYLEBONE. DURING 1930 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.

TABLE I (a). Vital Statistics of Separate Localities in 1930 and the Ten Previous Years.

TABLE II. N otifiable D iseases D uring the Y ear 1930. Cases Notified. Deaths Certified.

TABLE III.—Causes of, and Ages at Death during the year ending 31st December, 1930.

TABLE II. (a). Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the 53 weeks ending 3rd January, 1931.