Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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Cancer : Ages at Death.
Ages. | Under 1. | 2 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 35. | 35 and under 45. | 45 and under 55. | 55 and under 65. | 65 and under 75. | 75 and upwards. | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 14 | 62 |
Females | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 77 |
Totals | — | _ | — | 2 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 32 | 38 | 34 | 139 |
Cancer : Situation of the Disease.
Parts of the body affected. | Males. | Females. | Totals. |
---|---|---|---|
Face, Tongue, Jaw | 6 | 2 | 8 |
Throat, Neck, Gullet | 6 | 3 | 9 |
Stomach | 13 | 10 | 23 |
Intestines | 11 | 12 | 23 |
Liver | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Breast | 1 | 20 | 21 |
Uterus and Generative Organs | 3 | 12 | 15 |
Various | 20 | 15 | 35 |
Totals | 62 | 77 | 139 |
Vital Statistics for 1939 and Ten Previous Years.
Year | Population estimated to middle of each Year | Births | Total Deaths Registered in the District | Transferable Deaths | Nett Deaths belonging to the District | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Uncorrected | Nett | of Nonresidents registered in the District | of Residents not registered in the District | Under 1 year of Age | At all Ages | |||||||
No. | Rate | No. | Rate | |||||||||
No. | Rate per 1,000 Nett Births | No. | Rate | |||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
1929 | 102,400 | 3,526 | 1,233 | 11.9 | 1,465 | 14.3 | 821 | 804 | 93 | 77.0 | 1,455 | 13.2 |
1930 | 102,400 | 3,162 | 1,247 | 12.1 | 1,373 | 13.3 | 831 | 618 | 77 | 62.0 | 1,171 | 10.6 |
1931 | 93,460 | 3,134 | 1,067 | 11.4 | 1,411 | 14.3 | 826 | 640 | 70 | 65.0 | 1,225 | 12.3 |
1932 | 96,430 | 2,952 | 1,055 | 10.9 | 1,444 | 14.3 | 859 | 680 | 92 | 87.2 | 1,265 | 12.4 |
1933 | 94,080 | 2,881 | 916 | 9.7 | 1,411 | 14.1 | 840 | 653 | 51 | 56.0 | 1,224 | 12.2 |
1934 | 92,320 | 3,007 | 833 | 9.0 | 1,462 | 15.6 | 885 | 594 | 51 | 61.0 | 1,171 | 12.6 |
1935 | 92,200 | 3,397 | 896 | 9.7 | 1,401 | 15.0 | 927 | 620 | 50 | 56.0 | 1,094 | 11.7 |
1936 | 92,400 | 3,624 | 906 | 9.8 | 1,544 | 16.5 | 1,045 | 670 | 68 | 75.1 | 1,169 | 12.5 |
1937 | 92,110 | 3,339 | 859 | 9.3 | 1,461 | 15.8 | 948 | 689 | 63 | 73.3 | 1,202 | 13.0 |
1938 | 90,680 | 3,520 | 802 | 8.8 | 1,312 | 14.3 | 917 | 613 | 48 | 60.0 | 1,008 | 11.0 |
1939 | *89,160 | 2,829 | 837 | 9.1 | 1,191 | 14.4 | 775 | 630 | 49 | 60.6 | 1,046 | 12.6 |
*The estimated average population appropriate to the calculation of death-rates for the year 1939 was 82,040.
Total population at all ages at Census of 1921, 104,173.
„ 1931, 97,620.
Area of district in acres (exclusive of area covered by water), 1,427.8 acres.
,, „ (including area covered by water), 1,473 acres.