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PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE.
(who are also the Committee appointed for Maternity and Child Welfare purposes.)
1947.
HIS WORSHIP THE MAYOR:
Alderman C. S. Steel, F.C.A., J.p.
Councillor A. E. Reneson Coucher, F.R.I.C.S., F.A.I., L.C.C., J.P.
(from November, 1947)
ALDERMAN:
R. Stiles Allen, D.L.
COUNCILLORS:
F. Y. Bright. Mrs. Carr Q. Henriques
E.Carew-Shaw, F.R.C.S. Dr. Elizabeth Jacobs.
T. K. Creamer. Mrs. M. Kiewe.
Mrs. H. I. H. Feiling. G. B. Ramsay.
Mrs. L. H. Fewster. Miss D. A. Sharpe, F.R.C.S., M.R.C.O.G.
F.Frame. H. Norman Toomey, L.D.S., R.C.S., Eng.
Mrs. V. A. L. Freeman, J.P.(Deputy Chairman). Capt. Robert Whitney, M.B.E., J.P. (Chairman).
Until October, 1947.
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):
1947—76,980.
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS.
Total M. F.
Live Births—Legitimate 909 458. 451 Birth Rate per 1,000 estimated civilian population 13.21
Illegitimate 108 54 54
Stillbirths—Legitimate 20 10 10 Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 23.05
Illegitimate 4 3 l
Deaths (all ages) 946 468 478 Death Rate per 1,000 estimated
civilian population 12.29
Deaths. Rate per 1,000
total (live and
still) births.
Maternal Mortality—Deaths from "Puerperal and Post-Abortive
Sepsis"and "Other Maternal Causes" (Registrar-General's 2 1.92
Code Nos. 29 and 30)
Total M. F.
Deaths of Infants under one year of age—Legitimate 21 9 12
Illegitimate 6 3 3
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age—All infants per 1,000 live births, 26.55; legitimate
infants per 1,000 legitimate live births, 23.10; illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live
births, 55.55.
Births—Notification.—The number of notifications received under the Public Health (London) Act,
1936, Section 255, was 2,205: live births, 2,153; stillbirths, 52. Sources of the notifications were:
from parents 8; from doctors 36; from midwives 147; from hospitals, nursing homes, etc., 2,014.
Of the births notified, 875 took place at the Middlesex Hospital, 443 at Paddington Hospital, and
244 occurred at home. Of those notified as taking place in St. Marylebone, 1,142 belonged to other
Boroughs. Of the 52 stillbirths (31 males and 21 females) notified direct to the Department, 18