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PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE.
1949.
HIS WORSHIP THE MAYOR :
*Councillor A. E. Reneson Coucher, F.R.I.C.S., F.A.I., l.C.C., J.p.
Councillor Charles Henry Press, J.P.
ALDERMAN
*Mrs. V. A. L. Freeman, J.P.
COUNCILLORS :
F. Y. Bright (January only). †Stafford Lorie.
*E. Carew-Shaw, F.R.C.S. †The Hon. Mildred Lowther, O.B.E.
T. K. Creamer. The Rt. Hon. Lord Mancroft, M.B.E., T.D. (†Vice-Chairman).
*Mrs. H. I. H. Feiling (Vice-Chairman). †Mrs. Angus Maude.
*Mrs. L. H. Fewster. †B. J. Owen.
Frederick Frame. *E. R. Rawdon Smith, O.B.E., M.A.
†Herbert C. Garrard. *Miss D. A. Sharpe, F.R.C.S., M.R.C.O.G.
†R. T. Glenny. *L. Shilling.
†B. Hawley. *H. Norman Toomey, L.D.S., R.C.S.(Eng.).
†Mrs. Henderson-Begg. †Miss L. West Russell.
†j. P. Honour. Capt. Robert Whitney, M.B.E., J.P. (Chairman).
*Mrs. Carr Q. Henriques.
*G. T. Hesketh (from February).
Dr. Elizabeth Jacobs.
*Until May. †From June.
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) :
1949—78,050, including 3,979 children under 5 years and 5,102 children 5-15 years.
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS.
Total M. F.
Live Births—Legitimate 794 395 399 Birth Rate per 1,000 estimated civilian population11.44
Illegitimate. 99 46 53
Stillbirths—Legitimate 19 9 10 Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 27.23
Illegitimate 6 3 3
Deaths (all ages) 937 432 505 Death Rate per 1,000 estimated civilian population 12.00
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 Code Nos. 29 and 30) Nil —
Total M. F.
Deaths of Infants under one year of age—Legitimate . 19 11 8
Illegitimate . 1 — 1
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age—All infants per 1,000 live births, 22.39; legitimate
infants per 1,000 legitimate live births, 23.93; illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live
births, 10.10.
Marriages.—The total number of marriages was 1,461, being 196 below the number for 1948 and 33
above the average for the previous 10 years. The rate for persons married in 1949 was 37 per 1,000
of the estimated civilian population.
Deaths.—The total number of deaths (937) shown in the following table is inclusive of persons who,
though normally resident in the Borough, died elsewhere in England and Wales, but exclusive of
persons who, though they died in St. Marylebone, were ordinarily resident in other parts of England
or Wales. Deaths of persons ordinarily resident outside the borders of England and Wales are
included in the St. Marylebone figures if they occur in the Borough.