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Marylebone 1944

[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.)
1944.
HIS WORSHIP THE MAYOR:
Alderman R. Stiles Allen, D.L., J.P., L.C.C.
ALDERMEN:
*C. S. Steel, F.C.A. J. Fettes, J.P. (died 16th July, 1944).
COUNCILLORS:
†Miss M. Barry. Mrs. Carr Q. Henriques.
F. Y. Bright. Dr. Elizabeth Jacobs.
J. Brodie, LL.M. Mrs. C. M. Phillips.
†F. V. Cullen, F.S.I., F.A.I. The Hon. Mrs. Peter Pleydell-Bouverie.
Mrs. E. B. Davis. G. B. Ramsay.
*Mrs. H. I. H. Feiling. T. W. Robinson, A.C.A.
*Mrs. L. Fewster. †Capt. H. N. Toomey, L.D.S., R.C.S.
*Mrs. V. A. L. Freeman, J.P. Capt. Robert Whitney, M.B.E.
Dr. C. A. Fuller (Chairman).
* Members from November, 1944. †-Members until November, 1944.
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): 1944—54,550.

EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS.

TotalM.F.
Live Births—-Legitimate642332310Birth Rate per 1,000 estimated civilian population 13.98
Illegitimate1216853
Stillbirths—-Legitimate1284Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 21.79
Illegitimate532
Deaths (all ages)837411426Death Rate per 1,000 estimated civilian population 15.34
Deaths.Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births
Maternal Mortality—Deaths from " Other Maternal Causes " (Registrar-General's Code No. 30).22.56
TotalM.F.
Deaths of Infants under one year of age—Legitimate251411
Illegitimate1174

Death Rate of Infants under one year of age—All infants per 1,000 live births, 47.18; legitimate infants per
1,000 legitimate live births, 38.94; illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births, 90.90.
Deaths—From Cancer (all ages), 140; from Measles (all ages), nil; from Whooping Cough (all ages), 1; from
Diarrhoea (under 2 years), 8.
Births—Notification.—The number of notifications received under the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, Section 255,
was 1,424: live births, 1,393; stillbirths, 31. Sources of the notifications were: from doctors, 10; from midwives, 67;
from hospitals, nursing homes, etc., 1,347. Of the births notified, 519 took place at the Middlesex Hospital; 278 at
Paddington Hospital; and 116 occurred at home. Of those notified as taking place in St. Marylebone, 720 belonged
to other Boroughs. Of the 31 stillbirths (17 males and 14 females) notified direct to the Department, 16 (9 males
and 7 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.
Marriages.—The total number of marriages was 1,097, being 22 below the number for 1943, and 333 below the average
for the previous 10 years. The rate for persons married in 1944 was 40 per 1,000 of the estimated civilian population.