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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Marylebone 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE.
1952.
HIS WORSHIP THE MAYOR :
* Alderman Frederick William Dean, J.P., D.L., F.I.A.S.
† Alderman Howard Charles Rowe, J.P., F.R.T.C.S.
COUNCILLORS:
Dr. H. K. Ashworth, T.D.
Mrs. E. M. Brown
Frederick Frame
Herbert C. Garrard (*Vice-Chairman; †Chairman)
B. Hawley
Mrs. M. E. 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. (*Chairman)
Miss L. B. West Russell
Capt. R. G. Whitney, M.B.E., J.P. (tVice-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 : £3,470,728.
Sum represented by a penny rate : £13,912.
Number of residential units (separate assessments) : 22,904.
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) : 1952—74,290.
| Total | M. | F. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births—Legitimate | 834 | 430 | 404 | Birth-Rate per 1,000 estimated home population 12.49 | |
| Illegitimate | 94 | 55 | 39 | ||
| Stillbirths—Legitimate | 17 | 11 | 6 | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 22.13 | |
| Illegitimate | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Deaths (all ages) | 1,134 | 553 | 581 | Death-Rate per 1,000 estimated home population 15.27 | |
| Maternal Mortality—Deaths from "Pregnancy, Childbirth, Abortion" (Registrar-General's Code No. 30 | *2 | ||||
♦Including one death at the age of 67 years where the interval between the maternal condition and death
was stated to exceed 12 months.
Total M. F.
Deaths of Infants under one year of age—Legitimate 18 7 11
Illegitimate 5 3 2
Deaxh-Rate of Infants under one year of age—All infants per 1,000 live births, 24.78; legitimate
infants per 1,000 legitimate live births, 21.58; illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live
births, 53.19.
Marriages.—The total number of marriages was 1,358, being 57 below the number for 1951 and 59
below the average for the previous 10 years. The rate for persons married in 1952 was 36 per 1,000
of the estimated home population.
Deaths.—The total number of deaths (1,134) 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 stationed in the area.