[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough].

  • St. Marylebone (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
1914
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    9 POPULATION. The population of the Borough at the middle of 1913, as estimated by the Registrar-General, was 114,532. The estimated decrease since the middle of 1912 is 1,623, and since the census, taken in 1911, 3,689. The estimated populations of each of the four sub-districts at the middle of 1913 and of each of the two preceeding years, was:— 1911. 1912. 1913. All Souls 29,392 28,971 28,567 St. Mary 32,025 31,566 31,124 Christ Church 36,425 35,903 35,402 St. John 20,002 19,715 19,439 117,844 116,155 114,532 That there has been a steady decline in the numbers will be noted. Whether or not the decrease indicated has actually occurred it is impossible to say, the figures given not being the result of enumeration. The method of obtaining them has more than once been described in previous reports. Their chief value is in connection with calculation of certain of the rates set out in succeeding pages. BIRTHS. Registration. The number of births registered during 1913 was 2,146*, being 100 fewer than in 1912. Of the children born 1,143 were boys and 1,003 girls. The birth rate per 1,000 was 18.7. The accompanying table contains a comparison of the rates in the several registration sub-districts for 1913, with those of the two previous years. 1911. 1912. 1913. All Souls 16.0 15.6 13.6 St. Mary 14.4 14.3 12.8 Christ Church 29.7 27.0 28.2 St. John 19.2 18.8 18.8 Notifications. The total number of notifications received during the year under the Notification of Births Act, 1907, was 4,185. The provisions of the Act are steadily becoming better known and the failures to notify within 36 hours of birth as * This figure is exclusive of births occurring in the Borough to persons usually non-resident therein, but includes 56 births which occurred outside the district, and which have been transferred as belonging to St. Marylebone:— Legitimate Males 21 ,, Females 15 Illegitimate Males 15 ,, Females 5