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Marylebone 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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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; (6) including area covered
by water, 1,473 acres.
There is a variation of approximately 100 ft. in the elevation of the Borough from north to south,
the highest point being at the junction of Finchley Road and Boundary Road, 173 ft. above Mean
Sea Level at Newlyn, and the lowest at the junction of Oxford Street and James Street, 70 ft. above
Mean Sea Level at Newlyn. The sub-soil consists generally of clay with various pockets of gravel,
hoggin and sand.
Rateable value of the Borough: £5,818,515.
Sum represented by a penny rate: £23,800.
Residential units (separate assessments): 24,412.
Population: 1951 census—Males: 31,649, Females: 44,172. Total: 75,821.
Foreign-born residents: 1951 census—8,872 (approximately 12 per cent. of total population).
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): mid-1958—71,410.
Registrar General's estimate of the child population: mid-1958—under 1 year: 780; 1-4 years
inclusive: 2,470; 5-14 years inclusive: 5,200. Total child population: 8,450 (approximately 12 per
cent. of total population).
It is estimated that approximately 68 per cent. of the Borough's population are aged between 15
and 65 years, and approximately 20 per cent. are over 65 years of age.
| Total | M. | F. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births—Legitimate | 709 | 368 | 341 | Live birth-rate per 1,000 population | 10.89 | ||
| Illegitimate | 69 | 35 | 34 | (Standardized) | 8.49 | ||
| Stillbirths—Legitimate | 6 | 1 | 5 | Stillbirth rate per 1,000 live and stillbirths | 10.18 | ||
| Illegitimate | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Total live and stillbirths | 786 | 405 | 381 | Total | Legitimate | Illegitimate | |
| Infant Deaths—Legitimate | 23 | 12 | 11 | ||||
| Illegitimate | 3 | 3 | - | ||||
| Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births | 33.42 | 32.44 | 43.48 | ||||
| Neo natal mortality rate per 1,000 live births | 24.42 | 22.57 | 43.43 | ||||
| Illegitimate live births per cent. of total live births | 8.87 | ||||||
| Illegitimate live births per cent. of total live births | 1 | ||||||
| Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and stillbirths | 1.27 | ||||||
| Total | M. | F. | |||||
| Deaths (all ages) | 1,171 | 580 | 591 | Death rate per 1,000 population | 16.40 | ||
| Area comparability factors . Births, 0.78; Deaths, 0.69. | (Standardized) | 11.32 | |||||
The following table shows the number of marriages in St. Marylebone each year since the 1st January, 1948:—
| Year | No. of Marriages | Year | No. of Marriages |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | 1,657 | 1954 | |
| 1949 | 1,461 | 1955 | 1,298 |
| 1950 | 1,439 | 1956 | 1,257 |
| 1951 | 1,415 | 1957 | 1,250 |
| 1952 | 1,358 | 1958 | 1,227 |
| 1953 | 1,290 | ||
| The 1958 figure is 23 below that for 1957 and 141 below the average (1,368) for the previous ten years. The marriage rate in 1958 was 34.36 per 1,000 of the estimated home population. | |||