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PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE
(who are also the Committee appointed for Maternity and Child Welfare purposes.)
1946.
HIS WORSHIP THE MAYOR :
Alderman C. S. Steel, F.C.A., J.P.
ALDERMAN:
R. Stiles Allen, D.L.
COUNCILLORS :
F. Y. Bright. Mrs. Can Q. Henriques.
J. Brodie, LL.M. Dr. Elizabeth Jacobs.
E. Carew-Shaw, F.R.C.S. †Mrs. M. Kiewe.
T. K. Creamer. G. B. Ramsay.
Mrs. H. I. H. Feiling. Miss D. A. Sharpe, F.R.C.S., M.R.C.O.G.
Mrs. L. H. Fewster. H. Norman Toomey, L.D.S., R.C.S., Eng.
F. Frame. Capt. Robert Whitney, M.B.E., J.P. (Chairman).
Mrs. V. A. L. Freeman, J.P. (Deputy Chairman).
Until April, 1946. †From July, 1946.
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) : 1946—70,920.
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS.
Total M. F.
Live Births—Legitimate 804 412 392 Birth Rate per 1,000 estimated
Illegitimate 124 71 53 civilian population 13.09
Stillbirths—Legitimate 22 12 10 Rate per 1,000 total (live and still)
Illegitimate 5 3 2 births 28.27
Deaths (all ages) 813 395 418 Death Rate per 1,000 estimated
civilian population 11.47
Rate per 1,000
Deaths, total (live and
still) births.
Maternal Mortality—Deaths from "Puerperal and Post-Abortive Sepsis" (Registrar- ) 3 3.14
General's Code No. 29)
Total M. F.
Deaths of Infants under one year of age—Legitimate 28 21 7
Illegitimate 6 3 3
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age—All infants per 1,000 live births, 36.64; legitimate infants per
1,000 legitimate live births, 34.95; illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births, 48.39.
Deaths—From Cancer (all ages), 161; from Measles (all ages), nil; from Whooping Cough (all ages), 1; from
Diarrhoea (under 2 years), 4.
Births—Notification.—The number of notifications received under the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, Section 255,
was 1,877 ; five births, 1,837 ; stillbirths, 40. Sources of the notifications were : from parents, 8 ; from doctors, 28 ;
from midwives, 109 ; from hospitals, nursing homes, etc., 1,732. Of the births notified, 558 took place at the Middlesex
Hospital; 417 at Paddington Hospital; and 179 occurred at home. Of those notified as taking place in St. Marylebone,
850 belonged to other Boroughs. Of the 40 stillbirths (22 males and 18 females) notified direct to the Department,
24 (13 males and 11 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 27.
Marriages.—The total number of marriages was 1,538, being 45 below the number for 1945, and 131 above the average
for the previous 10 years. The rate for persons married in 1946 was 43 per 1,000 of the estimated civilian population.