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STATISTICAL.
BIRTHS.
Registration.—The number of births registered during 1924 was 1,531,* being
137 less than in 1923. Of the children born, 799 were boys and 732 girls. The
birth rate per 1,000 of the population was 14.5, as against 15.8 in 1923.
The rates in the several registration sub-districts and the borough were
All Souls, 11.1; St. Mary, 12.4; Christ Church, 19.1; St. John, 14.0.
Notifications.—The total number of notifications received during the year
under the Notification of Births Act, 1907, was 3.590; Live births, 3,422; Still
births, 168. Failures to notify within 36 hours of birth, as required, were comparatively
few. In such cases as there was failure, a perfectly reasonable explanation
was forthcoming, and it was not considered necessary to take proceedings
against any of the parties.
The main sources of the notifications are set out below. The figures, it may
be noted, refer to notifications and not to births. In some cases duplicate notifications,
from different sources, were received with regard to the same birth.
No.
Per cent.
From parents 58 1.6
,, doctors 257 7.1
,, midwives 655 18.2
,, other persons 168 4.7
,, hospitals, etc. 2452 68.4
3,590
Of the total births notified, 168 referred to still-births (85 males and 83
females) : 1,871 took place at Queen Charlotte's Hospital, 400 at Middlesex Hospital;
79 at St. Marylebone Home; and 1,138 were born at home. Of those
notified as having occurred in St. Marylebone, 1,888 belonged to other Boroughs.
DEATHS AND DEATH RATES.
The number of deaths registered in 1924 was 1,436. This figure is inclusive
of persons who, though normally resident in the Borough, died in institutions
outside, but exclusive of persons, who, though they died in St. Marylebone, were
ordinarily resident in other parts of England or Wales. Deaths of persons
ordinarily resident outside the borders of England and Wales are included in the
St. Marylebone figures, if they occur in the Borough.
The corrected death-ratef per thousand for the year was 13.6.
In the previous year, the rate was 11.7, and the number of deaths 1,235.
*This figure is exclusive of births occurring in the Borough to persons usually non-resident
therein, but includes 218 births which occurred outside the district, and which have been transferred
as belonging to St. Marylebone :—
Legitimate Males 82
„ Females 84
Illegitimate Males 27
,, Females 25
†A definition of the term "corrected death-rate " will be found on page 9 of the Report for 1912.