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65 years and upwards. In London generally the disease had a slightly
lesser prevalence in 1909 than in 1908, 1,213 deaths being registered as
due to this cause in 1909, as compared with 1,350 in 1908. Of the fatal
cases in London in 1909, 685 occurred in the first quarter of the year, 305
in the second, 43 in the third, and 180 in the fourth quarter. The month
of greatest prevalence was March, 471 deaths being registered in the four
weeks at the end of the first quarter of the year.
Respiratory Diseases.—The death-rate from these diseases in Chelsea
in 1909 was 3.15 per 1,000, as compared with 2.68 per 1,000 in 1908. The
London death-rate from respiratory diseases (including pneumonia) was
3.10 per 1,000.
Tubercular Diseases.—The death-rate from phthisis and other
tubercular diseases in Chelsea in 1909 was 1.89 per 1,000, as against 1.56
per 1,000 in 1908. The death-rate in London from these diseases in 1909
was 182 per 1,000. Of the 108 deaths from phthisis in Chelsea in 1909,
51, or 47.2 per cent., occurred in the Chelsea Workhouse Infirmary, and
21, or 19.4 per cent., occurred in other public institutions, making a total
of 66.6 per cent. of the total cases dying in public institutions away from
their own homes. The average for the nine years, 1900-1908, is 43.7 per
cent, in the Chelsea Infirmary, and 14.2 per cent. in other public
institutions, making a total of 57.9 per cent. of the total cases.