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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 : £3,540,443.
Sum represented by a penny rate : £14,230.
Number of residential units (separate assessments) : 24,222.
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) : 1955—73,440.
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS.
Total M. F.
Live Births—Legitimate 725 387 338 Birth-Rate per 1,000 estimated home population 11.02
Illegitimate 84 39 45
Stillbirths—Legitimate 9 4 5 Rate, per 1,000 total (live and still) birth 13.41
Illegitimate 2 2 —
Deaths (all ages) 1,139 557 582 Death-Rate per 1,000 estimated home population 15.51
Maternal Mortality—Deaths from " Pregnancy, Childbirth, Abortion" Nil
(Registrar General's Code No. 30)
Total M. F.
Deaths of Infants under one year of age—Legitimate 9 8 1
Illegitimate 3 2 1
Death-Rate of Infants under one year of age—All infants per 1,000 live births, 14.83 ; legitimate
infants per 1,000 legitimate live births, 12.41 ; illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live
births, 23.80.
Marriages.

The 1955 figure is 36 above that for 1954 and 176 below the average (1,474) for the previous ten
years. The marriage rate in 1955 was 35.25 per 1,000 of the estimated home population.
Deaths.
The total number of deaths (1,139) 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.
Deaths in 1955 were 84 more than in 1954 and the principal causes were diseases of the heart and
circulatory system, which accounted for 44 per cent. of the total deaths, malignant diseases 16 per cent.,
and respiratory diseases including tuberculosis 12 per cent. Seventy-two per cent. of the deaths
registered were of persons of 65 years of age and over. The expectation of life at birth in England or
Wales is now 67 years for a boy and 72 years for a girl, compared with 48 and 52 years respectively
during the first decade of the present century.