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Chelsea 1909
Annual report for 1909 of the Medical Officer of Health
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were due to pulmonary tuberculosis. During the past year the Common
Lodging House for men, known as Beauclerc Buildings, 44 and 46,
College-place (100 beds), and the Common Lodging House for Women,
5 and 7, Pym-street (49 beds), have been closed. The Borough Council,
on application from the owners of Beauclerc Buildings, resolved not to
consent to the premises being reopened as a common lodging house
(1 Dec., 1909). The premises in Pym-street will shortly be demolished
for the erection of the Sutton Trust Buildings.
DEATH-BATE OF SPECIAL CLASSES OF THE
POPULATION.
The following Table gives the birth-rate, the general death-rate, the
zymotic disease death-rate, the tubercular disease death-rate, and the
deaths under 1 year to 1,000 births, during the year 1909, for the Borough,
for the inhabitants of Industrial Dwellings in Chelsea, and for the
dwellers in ten of the streets inhabited by the poorest classes in the
district. The industrial dwellings are the Borough Council's Dwellings
(Sir Thomas More Buildings, Pond House, and Onslow Dwellings),
Marlborough Buildings (Improved Industrial Dwellings Co.), Guinness
Buildings, Peabody Buildings, and Chelsea Park Dwellings, with a total
population of about 3,160; and the streets are Dartrey-road, Francisstreet,
Gillray-square, Ives-street, Oakham-street, Pond-terrace, Rileystreet,
Slaidburn-street, Stayton-street, World's End-passage, and the
courts adjacent, with a total population of about 4,000.
Table IX.—For the year 1909.
| Birthrate. | Death-rate. | Zymotic Death-rate. | TubercularDiseases Death-rate. | Deaths under one to 1,000 births. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chelsea | 18.7 | 14.5 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 107 |
| Industrial Dwellings | 31.3 | 16.5 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 81 |
| 10 Poor-class Streets | 40.0 | 24.2 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 138 |
| Sir Thomas More Buildings | 36.5 | 9.7 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 100 |
The above table shows that, as in previous years, the vital statistics
of the industrial dwellings population contrast very favourably with those
of the lower class tenement house population. The rather high deathrate
from tuberculosis amongst the Industrial Dwellings population in
1909 is due to 7 deaths from this disease, out of a total of 10 for the year,
occurring in the Council's dwellings (5 in Onslow Dwellings, 2 in Sir
Thomas More Buildings).
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
During the year 1909 there was a slight reduction in the rate of
infantile mortality (deaths of infants under one year to 1000 births) as
compared with 1908, the rate for 1909 (107), being the lowest yet recorded
in Chelsea.