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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
Chelsea 1909
Annual report for 1909 of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE XIII.—(I.)
FOR WHOLE DISTRICT.
| Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each year. | Births | Deaths under One Year of Age | Deaths at all Ages Total | Deathsin Public Institutions inDistrict. | Deaths of non-residents registered in District. | Deaths of Residents registered beyond District | Deaths at all Ages Nett | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Rate.* | No. | Rate per 1000 Births regist'd | No. | Rate.* | No. | Rate.* | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1901 | 73,856 | 1626 | 22.1 | 226 | 139 | 1601 | 21.8 | 855 | 546 | 165 | 1220 | 16.6 |
| 1902 | 74,018 | 1685 | 22.4 | 244 | 145 | 1896 | 25.2 | 1086 | 716 | 175 | 1355 | 18.0 |
| 1903 | 74,169 | 1516 | 20.5 | 218 | 144 | 1579 | 21.4 | 964 | 615 | 167 | 1131 | 15.3 |
| 1904 | 74,329 | 1547 | 20.9 | 240 | 155 | 1682 | 22.7 | 978 | 612 | 152 | 1222 | 16.5 |
| 1905 | 74,496 | 1585 | 21.3 | 184 | 116 | 1606 | 21.6 | 1012 | 663 | 163 | 1106 | 14.9 |
| 1906 | 74,672 | 1506 | 20.2 | 211 | 140 | 1704 | 22.9 | 1089 | 699 | 163 | 1168 | 15.7 |
| 1907 | 74,857 | 1493 | 20.0 | 182 | 122 | 1688 | 22.6 | 1099 | 712 | 142 | 1118 | 15.0 |
| 1908 | 75,049 | 1540 | 20.2 | 166 | 108 | 1653 | 21.7 | 1061 | 705 | 156 | 1104 | 14.5 |
| Averages for years 1901-1908. | 74,431 | 1562 | 21.0 | 209 | 134 | 1676 | 22.5 | 1018 | 658 | 160 | 1178 | 15.8 |
| 1909 | 75,249 | 1400 | 18.7 | 150 | 107 | 1625 | 21.7 | 1091 | 740 | 202 | 1087 | 14.5 |
• Rates calculated per 1000 of estimated population.
Note.—The deaths to be included in column 7 of this Table are the whole of those registered during the
year as having actually occurred within the district or division. The deaths to be included in column 12 are
the number in column 7, corrected by the subtraction of the number in column 10 and the addition of the
number in column 11.
By the term "Non-residents" is meant persons brought into the district on account of sickness or infirmity,
and dying in public institutions there ; and by the term "Residents" is meant persons who have been taken
out of the district on account of sickness or infirmity, and have died in public institutions elsewhere.
The "Public institutions" to be taken into account for the purposes of these Tables are those into which
persons are habitually received on account of sickness or infirmity, such as hospitals, workhouses and lunatic
asylums.
Area of District in acres (exclusive
of area covered
by water) 660
At Census of 1901.
Total population at all ages 73,842
Number of inhabited houses 9,063
Average number of persons per
house 8.1