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PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE.
1951.
HIS WORSHIP THE MAYOR:
*Councillor Charles Henry Press, J.P.
†Alderman Frederick William Dean, J.P., D.L., F.I.A.S.
COUNCILLORS:
†Dr. H. K. Ashworth, T.D.
†Mrs. E. M. Brown
*T. K. Creamer
Frederick Frame
Herbert C. Garrard (†Vice-Chairman)
*R. T. Glenny
B. Hawley
Mrs. M. Henderson-Begg
J. P. Honour
Dr. Elizabeth Jacobs
*Until May.
Elliott Levy
Stafford Lorie
The Hon. Mildred Lowther, O.B.E.
†Mrs. L. Lyons
The Rt. Hon. Lord Mancroft, M.B.E., T.D.
(*Vice-Chairman; †Chairman)
*Mrs. Angus Maude
Miss L. West Russell
Capt. R. G. Whitney, M.B.E., J.P. (*Chairman)
†From June.
SECTION A.—STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
GENERAL STATISTICS.
Area of Borough: (a) excluding area covered by water, 1,427.8 acres; (b) including area covered
by water, 1,473 acres.
Rateable value of the Borough: £3,431,530.
Sum represented by a penny rate: £13,702.
Number of residential units (separate assessments): 22,772.
Population : 1951 census—75,764.
Registrar-General's estimate of the home population (which includes members of the armed forces
stationed in the area and is used in calculating various rates in this report): 1951—76,160.
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS.
Total M. F.
Live Births—Legitimate 842 426 416 \ Bi
Illegitimate 86 44 42/
Stillbirths—Legitimate 12 10 2\ Rc
Illegitimate 10 5 5J
Deaths (all ages) 1,049 540 509 De
Maternal Mortality—Deaths from "Pregnancy, Childbirth, Abortion"
(Registrar-General's Code No. 30)
Birth Rate per 1,000 estimated
home population 12.18
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still)
births 13.16
Death Rate per 1,000 estimated
home population 13.77
Nil.
Deaths of Infants under one year of age-
Legitimate
Illegitimate
Total
12
6
M.
6
3
F.
6
3
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age—All infants per 1,000 live births, 19.39; legitimate
infants per 1,000 legitimate live births, 14.25; illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live
births, 69.77.
Marriages.—The total number of marriages was 1,415, being 24 below the number for 1950 and 37
above the average for the previous 10 years. The rate for persons married in 1951 was 37 per 1,000
of the estimated home population.
Deaths.—The total number of deaths (1,049) shown in Table 1 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, as also are those of members of the armed forces
who were stntioned in the area.