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Marylebone 1925

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

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Table: DEATHS IN RELATION TO AGE.The age distribution of the deaths that occurred in 1925 is shown in the following table, which gives also, for the purpose of comparison, the figures for each age group since 1919.

DEATHS IN RELATION TO AGE.

The age distribution of the deaths that occurred in 1925 is shown in the following table, which gives also, for the purpose of comparison, the figures for each age group since 1919.

Age PeriodsUnder 1 year1 and under 2 years2 and under 5 years5 and under 15 years15 and under 25 years25 and under 45 years45 and under 65 years65 and upwardsAt all Ages
1919147343935422274416031,568
1920145252133491453834981,299
1921123222628441674504901,355
1922115494938391934225461,451
1923111261626501423635011,235
1924123514425541524385491,436
192594251925421493575461,257

Table: The percentage relation of each group to the total number of deaths in 1925 is shown below:—

The percentage relation of each group to the total number of deaths in 1925 is shown below:—

Under 1 year7.4 per cent.
1 and „ 2 years2.0 „
2 „ ,, 5 „1.5 ,,
5 ,, ,, 15 „2.0 ,,
15 „ „ 25 „3.3 ,,
25 „ „ 45 „11.8 „
45 „ „ 65 „28.5 ,,
65 „ upwards43.5 ,,

Table: Of the total, 145 at death were aged between 65 and 70; 257 between 70 and 80; 126 between 80 and 90, and 17 between 90 and 100. Over 100—one resident, a spinster, died at the advanced age of 104.

Of the total, 145 at death were aged between 65 and 70; 257 between 70 and 80; 126 between 80 and 90, and 17 between 90 and 100. Over 100—one resident, a spinster, died at the advanced age of 104.

Causes—1919192019211922192319241925
Bronchitis and other respiratory diseases165137140152113157169
Nephritis and Bright's disease1213151611918
Cancer63646677677674
Tuberculosis14496898
Influenza28931912227
Violent deaths1315149161212

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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 81.
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 1,472.
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 1925 was 94, and
the number of births in that year 1,496. The infantile mortality rate is therefore
63. This is an improvement on 1919 when the rate was 98.5, and a great
improvement on 1917 when the figure was 120.9, and the highest since 1905, at