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Marylebone 1964
[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, etc.: (a) excluding area covered by water, 1,427.8 acres; (b) including area covered
by water, 1,472 acres; (c) roads—approximately 57 miles of public highway.
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: £24,157,041.
Sum represented by a penny rate: £93,802.
Residential units (separate assessments): 25,117.
Population—1961 Census:—
| Age Groups | M. | F. | Total | Percentage of Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 3,825 | 3,738 | 7,563 | 11 |
| 15 and under 65 | 21,817 | 28,842 | 50,659 | 73 |
| Over 65 | 3,724 | 7,099 | 10,823 | 16 |
| Totals | 29,366 | 39,679 | 69,045 | 100 |
Foreign-born residents: 1961 census—12,225 (approximately 17 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-1964—67,250.
Registrar General's estimate of the child population: mid-1964—under 1 year: 760; 1—4 years
inclusive: 1,840 ; 5—14 years inclusive: 4,200. Total child population: 6,800 (approximately 10
per cent. of total population).
Expectation of life at one year: Boys—68.8 years; Girls—74.4 years.
| Total | M. | F. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births—Legitimate | 641 | 316 | 325 | Live birth-rate per 1,000 population | 10.93 |
| Illegitimate | 94 | 47 | 47 | 8.31 | |
| Stillbirths—Legitimate | 10 | 10 | — | Stillbirth rate per 1,000 live and stillbirths | 13.42 |
| Illegitimate | — | — | — | ||
| Total live and stillbirths | 745 | 373 | 372 | ||
| Infant Deaths—Legitimate | 13 | 8 | 5 | ||
| Illegitimate | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births | 23.13 | ||||
| Legitimate infant death rate per 1,000 legitimate live births | 20.28 | ||||
| Illegitimate infant death rate per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 42.49 | ||||
| Neo-mortality rate (deaths under four weeks per 1,000 total live births) | 21.77 | ||||
| Early neo-natal mortality rate (deaths under one week per 1,000 total live births) | 21.77 | ||||
| Peri-natal mortality rate (stillbirths and deaths under one week combined per 1,000 total live and stillbirths) | 35.37 | ||||
| Illegitimate live births per cent. of total live births | 12.79 | ||||
| Maternal deaths (including abortions) | Nil | ||||
| Total | M. | F. | |||
| Deaths (all ages) | 889 | 449 | 440 | Death rate per 1,000 population | 13.22 |
| (Standardized) | 9.78 | ||||
| Area comparability factors: Births: 0.76; Deaths: 0.74. | |||||
Marriages.
The number of marriages in St. Marylebone during 1964 was 1,192, which is 54 less than for 1963 and
57 below the average (1,249) for the previous ten years.