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Marylebone 1943
[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.)
1943.
HIS WORSHIP THE MAYOR :
Councillor Douglas Timins, O.B.E., J.P., M.A.
Alderman R. Stiles Allen, D.L., J.P., L.C.C. (from November, 1943).
ALDERMEN:
F. W. Dean, J.P., L.C.C. (until November,. 1943). ' J. Fettes, J.P.
COUNCILLORS :
Miss M. Barry. Dr. Elizabeth Jacobs.
F. Y. Bright. Mrs. C. M. Phillips.
J. Brodie, LL.M. (from November, 1943). The Hon. Mrs. A. E. Pleydell-Bouverie.
F. V. Cullen, F.S.I., F.A.I. (Deputy Chairman). C. H. Press (until November, 1943).
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.
SECTION A.—STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
GENERAL STATISTICS.
Areaof 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.
Rsgistrar-General's estimate of civilian population (used in calculating various rates in this report) : 1943—55,700.
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS.
| Total | M. | F. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | —Legitimate | 571 | 301 | 270 | Birth Rate per 1,000 estimated | |||
| Illegitimate | 125 | 69 | 56 | civilian population | 12.50 | |||
| Stillbirths- | Legitimate | 18 | 9 | 9 | Rate per 1.000 total (live and still) | |||
| Illegitimate | 9 | 3 | 6 | births | 37.34 | |||
| Deaths (all ages) | 948 | 480 | 468 | Death Rate per 1,000 estimated | ||||
| civilian population | 17.02 | |||||||
| Deaths. | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | |||||||
| Maternal Mortality—Deaths from " Other Maternal Causes " (Registrar-General's Code No. 30). | 1 | 1.38 | ||||||
| Total | M. | F. | ||||||
| Deaths of Infants under one year of age- | —Legitimate | 24 | 16 | 8 | ||||
| Illegitimate | 9 | 5 | 4 | |||||
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age—All infants per 1,000 live births, 47.41 ; legitimate infants per
1,000 legitimate live births, 42.03 ; illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births, 72.00.
Deaths—From Cancer (all ages), 161 ; from Measles (all ages), nil ; from Whooping Cough (all ages), nil; from
Diarrhoea (under 2 years), 3.
Births—Notification.—The number of notifications received under the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, Section 255,
was 1,497: live births, 1,461 ; stillbirths, 36. Sources of the notifications were : from doctors, 13 ; from midwives, 74 ;
from hospitals, nursing homes, etc., 1,410. Of the births notified, 591 took place at the Middlesex Hospital; 233 at
Paddington Hospital; and 87 were born at home. Of those notified as having occurred in St. Marylebone, 813 belonged
to other Boroughs. Of the 36 stillbirths (18 males and 18 females) notified direct to the Department, 18 (6 males
and 12 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 27.
Marriages.—The total number of marriages was 1,119, being 9 below the number for 1942, and 340 below the average
for the previous 10 years. The rate for persons married in 1943 was 40 per 1,000 of the estimated civilian population.