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Marylebone 1945
[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.)
1945.
HIS WORSHIP THE MAYOR:
*Alderman R. Stiles Allen, D.L., J.P., L.C.C.
†f Alderman C. S. Steel, F.C.A., J.P.
ALDERMEN:
†R. Stiles Allen, D.L. *C. S. Steel, F.C.A.
COUNCILLORS:
F. Y. Bright.
J. Brodie, LL.M.
†E. Carew-Shaw, F.R.C.S.
†T. K. Creamer.
*Mrs. E. B. Davis.
Mrs. H. I. H. Feiling.
Mrs. L. Fewster.
†F. Frame.
Mrs. V. A. L. Freeman, J.P.
*Dr. C. A. Fuller (Chairman).
*Until November, 1945.
Mrs. Carr Q. Henriques
Dr. Elizabeth Jacobs.
*Mrs. C. M. Phillips.
*The Hon. Mrs. Peter Pleydell-Bouverie.
G. B. Ramsay.
*T. W. Robinson, F.C.A.
†Miss D. A. Sharpe, F.R.C.S., M.R.C.O.G.
†H. Norman Toomey, L.D.S., R.C.S., Eng.
Capt. Robert Whitney, M.B.E., J.P., (†Chairman).
†From November, 1945.
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): 1945—59,590.
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS.
| Total | M. | F. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births—Legitimate | 648 | 329 | 319 | Birth Rate per 1,000 estimated civilian population 13.34 | ||
| Illegitimate | 147 | 79 | 68 | |||
| Stillbirths—Legitimate | 19 | 9 | 10 | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 29.30 | ||
| Illegitimate | 5 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Deaths (all ages) | 790 | 397 | 393 | Death Rate per 1,000 estimated civilian population 13.26 | ||
| Deaths. | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | |||||
| Maternal Mortality—Deaths from " Puerperal and Post-Abortive Sepsis "and" Other | 3 | 3.66 | ||||
| Maternal Causes " (Registrar-General's Code Nos. 29 and 30 | ||||||
| Total | M. | F. | ||||
| Deaths of Infants under one year of age | Legitimate | 33 | 23 | 10 | ||
| Illegitimate | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age—All infants per 1,000 live births, 46.54; legitimate infants per
1,000 legitimate live births, 50.92; illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births, 27.21.
Deaths—From Cancer (all ages), 159; from Measles (all ages), 1; from Whooping Cough (all ages), nil; from
Diarrhoea (under 2 years), 9.
Births—Notification.—The number of notifications received under the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, Section 255,
was 1,721: live births, 1,668; stillbirths, 53. Sources of the notifications were: from parents, 4; from doctors, 23;
from mid wives, 72; from hospitals, nursing homes, etc., 1,622. Of the births notified, 571 took place at the Middlesex
Hospital; 267 at Paddington Hospital; and 99 occurred at home. Of those notified as taking place in St. Marylebone,
907 belonged to other Boroughs. Of the 53 stillbirths (31 males and 22 females) notified direct to the Department,
23 (14 males and 9 females) were to St. Marylebone mothers. In addition, information from another source received
through the Registrar-General brought the total number of stillbirths allocated to St. Marylebone to 24.
Marriages.—The total number of marriages was 1,583, being 486 above the number for 1944, and 185 above the average
for the previous 10 years. The rate for persons married in 1945 was 53 per 1,000 of the estimated civilian population.