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Marylebone 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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GENERAL STATISTICS.
Area (acres) 1,427.8 (exclusive of water); 1,473 (including water).
Population (1921). 104,173. (1931) 97,620. (Estimated 1935) 92,200.
Number of inhabited houses (1921), 18,507 ; (1931), 17,575.
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1935) according to Rate Books, 18,645.
Number of families or separate occupiers (1931), 27,352.
Rateable value. £3,343,992.
Sum represented by a penny rate. £12,702.
Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year.
Births—
Total M. F.
Legitimate 781 374 407 Birth rate, 9.72
Illegitimate 115 53 62
Still Births, 34. Rate per 1,000 total births, 38.
Deaths, 1,094. Death Rate, 11.7.
Percentage of total deaths of residents occurring in public institutions, 12.0.
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth— from sepsis, 2;
other causes, nil.
Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age per 1,000 live births :—
Legitimate 50. Illegitimate 96. Total 56.
Deaths from Measles (all ages), nil.
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages), 4.
Deaths from Diarrhoea, 18.
POPULATION.
The population estimated to the middle of 1935 by the Registrar-General is shown below and is that used in calculating the various rates given in this report, For information the estimated population of each of the Wards is also set out and for comparison the estimated figures for 1931 and of the Census of 1931.
| Year. | The Borough. | All Souls. | St. Mary, | Christ Church. | St. John. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census | 1931 | 97,620 | 22,380 | 25,667 | 29,636 | 19,937 |
| Estimated to middle of | 1931 | 93,460 | 21,422 | 24,575 | 28,375 | 19,088 |
| 1935 | 92,200 | 21,159 | 24,275 | 27,969 | 18,797 |