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Marylebone 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE
who are also the Committee appointed for Maternity and Child Welfare purposes.)
1942.
HIS WORSHIP THE MAYOR :
Councillor Douglalas Timins, O.B.E., J.P., M.A.
ALDERMEN:
F. W. Dean, J.P., L.C.C. J. Fettes, J.P.
COUNCILLORS :
Miss M. Barry. Mrs. C. M. Phillips.
F. Y. Bright. The Hon. Mrs. A. E. Pleydell-Bouverie.
F. V. Cullen, F.S.I., F.A.I. (Deputy Chairman) C. H. Press.
Mrs. E. B. Davis. G. B. Ramsay.
Dr. C. A. Fuller (Chairman). T. W. Robinson, A.C.A.
Mrs. Carr Q. Henriques. Capt. Robert Whitney, M.B.E.
Dr. Elizabeth Jacobs.
SECTION A.—STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
GENERAL STATISTICS.
Area of Borough : (a) exclusive of area covered by water, 1,427.8 acres ; (b) including area covered by water, 1,473 acres.
Resident population : 1921 census—104,173 ; 1931 census—97,620.
Registrar-General's estimate of civilian population (used in calculating various rates in this report) : 1942—52,470.
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS.
| Total | M. | F. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | —Legitimate | 492 | 244 | 248 | Birth Rate per 1,000 estimated | ||
| Illegitimate | 99 | 52 | 47 | civilian population | 11.26 | ||
| Stillbirths- | Legitimate | 16 | 7 | 9 | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) | ||
| Illegitimate | — | — | - | births | 26.36 | ||
| Deaths (all ages) | 827 | Death Rate per 1,000 estimated | |||||
| civilian population | 15.76 | ||||||
| Deaths. | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | ||||||
| Maternal Mortality—Deaths from Puerperal causes (Post-abortive Sepsis) | 1 | 1.65 | |||||
| Total | M. | F. | |||||
| Deaths of Infants under one year of age— | -Legitimate | 23 | 14 | 9 | |||
| Illegitimate | 6 | 5 | 1 | ||||
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age—All infants per 1,000 live births, 49.07 ; legitimate infants per
1,000 legitimate live births, 46.75 ; illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births, 60.61.
Deaths—From Cancer (all ages), 137 ; from Measles (all ages), nil; from Whooping Cough (all ages), nil; from
Diarrhoea (under 2 years), 8.
Births—Notification.—The number of notifications received under the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, Section 255,
was 1,107 : live births, 1,077 ; stillbirths, 30. The main sources of the notifications were : from parents, 1 ; from
doctors, 11 ; from midwives, 60 ; from hospitals, nursing homes, etc., 1,035. Of the births notified, 541 took place
at the Middlesex Hospital ; 192 at Paddington Hospital ; and 80 were born at home. Of those notified as having
occurred in St. Marylebone, 585 belonged to other Boroughs. Of the 30 stillbirths (15 males and 15 females) notified
direct to the Department, 12 (7 males and 5 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 16.
Marriages.—The total number of marriages was 1,128, being 98 above the number for 1941, and 350 below the
average for the previous 10 years. The rate for persons married in 1942 was 42 per 1,000 of the estimated civilian
population.