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Marylebone 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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The following short table shows the death rates in the several registration sub-districts in 1922 and compares them with those of the preceding 5 years :—
| 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Souls | 11.9 | 14.8 | 12.9 | 9.9 | 10.2 | 11.3 |
| St. Mary | 16.4 | 15.9 | 15.3 | 13.2 | 12.0 | 15.4 |
| Christ Church | 21.4 | 23.2 | 18.5 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 14.0 |
| St. John | 17.4 | 19.8 | 17.0 | 13.6 | 16.0 | 14.3 |
| The Borough | 170 | 18.5 | 15.9 | 12.7 | 12.8 | 13.7 |
District births and deaths for the year ended 31st December, 1922, are given in the following table. A further table giving the vital statistics of separate localities for 1922 and the ten preceding years, will be found amongst the Ministry of Health Tables on page 73.
| Sub-District. | Population estimated to middle of 1922. | Births. | Deaths. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total | ||
| All Souls | 25,202 | 166 | 152 | 318 | 148 | 138 | 286 |
| St. Mary | 26,943 | 205 | 200 | 405 | 206 | 209 | 415 |
| Christ Church | 32,747 | 355 | 318 | 673 | 244 | 215 | 459 |
| St. John | 20,308 | 145 | 138 | 283 | 135 | 156 | 291 |
| The Borough | 105,200 | 871 | 808 | 1,679 | 733 | 718 | 1,451 |
The following table shows the number of deaths that took place amongst infants
under 1 year and adults of 65 years and upwards in each of the four quarters of 1922.
It will be seen that the heaviest incidence in both old and young falls in the first and
last quarter.
1922
| January-March | April-June | July- September | October-December | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infants under 1 year | 40 | 25 | 20 | 30 | 115 |
| Persons of 65 years and upwards | 205 | 116 | 90 | 135 | 546 |
Causes of and ages at Death.—General information with regard to the deaths
which occurred in the Borough during the year, mainly as to causes and the ages at
which death took place, is given in Table III of the Ministry of Health series at
page 76.
This same table gives the number of deaths from various specified causes which
occurred in institutions, in hospitals, nursing homes, etc. In each of the groups all
deaths, whether of residents or non-residents, are included, which accounts for the
fact that the total comes up to 1,038.
Fuller information than is possible in the table is given in the following pages,
in which also the figures relating both to causes of death and the ages at which these
causes were operative are analysed.
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
The infantile mortality rate of any district is the number of deaths of infants
under one year of age per 1,000 of the births which occurred in the same year. The
number of babies under one year who died in St. Marylebone in 1922 was 115, and
the number of births in that year 1,679. The infantile mortality rate is therefore 68'0,
two points over that for 1921 (66 per 1,000).