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Notification.—The total number of notifications received during the year, under the Public Health (London)
Act, 1936, Section 255, was 616 : live births, 596 ; stillbirths, 20. The total notifications in 1940 was 1,838. The
main sources of the notifications were : from parents, 1 ; from doctors, 2 ; from midwives, 22 ; from hospitals, nursing
homes, etc., 591. Of the total births notified, 309 took place at the Middlesex Hospital; 111 at Paddington Hospital;
and 30 were born at home. Of those notified as having occurred in St. Marylebone, 290 belonged to other Boroughs.
Of the 20 stillbirths (16 males and 4 females) notified direct to the Department, 8 (6 males and 2 females) were to St.
Marylebone mothers. In addition, information from other sources received through the Registrar-General brought
the total number of stillbirths allocated to St. Marylebone to 17—14 males (10 legitimate ; 4 illegitimate) and 3 females
(1 legitimate ; 2 illegitimate).
Marriages.—The total number of marriages in the Borough during the year was 1,030, being 465 below the
number for 1940, and 478 below the average for the previous 10 years. The rate for persons married in 1941 was
therefore 42 per 1,000 of the estimated civilian population.
Deaths.—The number of deaths registered in 1941 was 960, and information as to causes, the ages at which death
took place, and the distribution of the deaths among the several registration sub-districts, is given in Table 1.
The 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.