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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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UNEMPLOYMENT.
The extent of unemployment in the Borough is shown in Table 1, supplied by
the Ministry of Labour.
TABLE 1.
Number of Insured Persons recorded as Unemployed at Employment Exchanges on the dates indicated.
| 1937. | Males (aged 16—64). | Females (aged 16—64). | Total (aged 16—64). | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25th January | 1,933 | 413 | 2,346 | ||||
| 19th April | 1,985 | 315 | 2,300 | ||||
| 26th July | 1,480 | 351 | 1,831 | ||||
| 18th October | 1,940 | 326 | 2,266 | ||||
| 1930. | Men (aged 18 and over). | Women (aged 18 and over). | Juveniles (aged 14—17). | Total (aged 14 and over). | |||
| 20th January | 2,216 | 499 | 42 | 2,757 | |||
| 27th April | 1,855 | 455 | 32 | 2,342 | |||
| 20th July | 1,442 | 320 | 18 | 1,780 | |||
| 26th October | 1,765 | 354 | 19 | 2,138 | |||
It is pointed out that the method of compiling these statistics was changed
in 1937, and that as a result the figures quoted for that year are not strictly comparable
with those for 1936. Allowing for this change the total figures in the agegroup
16-64 for 1936 have been estimated to be as follows:
20th January 2,882
27th April 2,503
20th July 1,937
26th October 2,252
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS.
Live Births— Total M. F.
Legitimate 749 379 370 Birth Rate per 1,000 of
the estimated resident
Illegitimate 110 50 60 population 9.32
Stillbirths 36 Rate per 1,000 total (live and still)
births 40
Deaths 1,202 Death Rate per 1,000 of the
ma ted resident population 12.98
Rate per 1,000
Deaths from Puerperal causes— Deaths. total (live and
still) births.
Puerperal Sepsis 2 2.23
Other Puerperal oauses 2 2.23
Total 4 4.46
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age—
All infants per 1,000 live births 73
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 59
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 173
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 179
Deaths from Measles (all ages) Nil.
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) 3
Deaths from Diarrhœa (under 2 years) 9
The various causes contributing to the mortality of the Borough are referred
to later in this section of the report. There was no unusual or excessive mortality
during the year which calls for comment.