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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Marylebone 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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GENERAL STATISTICS.
Area (acres) 1427.8 (exclusive of water); 1473 (including water).
Population (1921). 104,173.
Number of inhabited houses (1921). 18,507.
Number of families or separate occupiers (1921). 27,214.
Rateable value.£2,449,510.
Sum represented by a penny rate. £10,206.
Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year.
| Births— | Total | M. | F. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 1,502 | 771 | 731 | Birth Rate 18.2. |
| Illegitimate | 177 | 100 | 77 |
Deaths, 1,451. Death Rate 13.7.
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of childbirth—from sepsis, none;
other causes, 1.
Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age per 1,000 births:—
Legitimate 56.5 Illegitimate 169.5 Total 68.0.
Deaths from Measles (all ages), 26.
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages), 14.
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age), 17.
GENERAL SUMMARY.
The following is a list of the special premises in the Borough requiring constant
supervision:—
Milk Premises 144
Cowhouses 2
Slaughterhouses 3
Offensive Trades 2
Ice Cream Premises 128
Bakehouses 72
Restaurant, Dining Room and Coffee Shop Kitchens 191
Hotel Kitchens 43
Pastrycooks and Tea Rooms 70
Fried Fish Shops 22
Fish Curers 5
Houses Let in Lodgings 1,147
Workshops and Workplaces 3,535
Total 5,364
Smoke Nuisances.
Number of Observations 218 Number of Nuisances and
Complaints 12
Number of Notices 4 Number of Summonses Nil