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Marylebone 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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STATISTICAL.
BIRTHS.
Registration.—The number of births registered during 1930 was 1,247,* being
14 more than in 1929, and 249 less than in 1925. Of the children born, (538 were
boys and 009 girls. The birth rate per 1,000 of the population was 12.1, as against
11.9 in 1929 and 14.1 in 1925.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Souls | 10.4 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.7 | 9.4 | 10.1 |
| St. Mary | 12.8 | 10.1 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 9.7 | 10.4 |
| Christ Church | 17.9 | 18.0 | 19.1 | 16.4 | 15.8 | 14.1 |
| St. John's | 141 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 18.8 |
| The Borough | 14.1 | 12.7 | 13. 2 | 12.6 | 11.9 | 12.1 |
Notifications.—The total number of notifications received during the year
under the Notification of Births Act, 1907, was 3,5.30; live births, 3,325; still
births, 205. The total notifications in 1925 was 3,699. The provisions of the Act
are now very generally known, and the necessity for notifying is not less well
recognised than that for registration. 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.
In some cases duplicate notifications, from different sources, were received with regard to the same birth.
| No. | Per cent. | |
|---|---|---|
| From parents | 21 | 0.6 |
| ,, doctors | 146 | 4.1 |
| „ mid wives | 523 | 14.8 |
| „ other persons | 269 | 7.6 |
| „ hospitals, etc. | 2,571 | 72.9 |
| 3,530 | 100.0 |
Of the total births notified, 205 referred to still-births (118 males and 87
females) : 2,130 took place at Queen Charlotte's Hospital; 85 at Middlesex Hospital
; 205 at the St. Marylebone Home ; and 959 were born at home. Of those
notified as having occurred in St. Marylebone, 1,875 belong to other Boroughs.
Of the 205 still-births only 43 (21 males and 22 females) were to St. Marylebone
mothers.
DEATHS AND DEATH RATES.
The number of deaths registered in 1930 was 1,171. 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.
* This figure is exclusive of births occurring in the Borough to persons usually non-resident
therein, but includes 297 births which occurred outside the district, and which have been transferred
as belonging to St. Marylebone:—
Legitimate Males 121
„ Females 104
Illegitimate Males 31
,, Females ,, 41