Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1930
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TABLE No. 15.
Unde'r 1 week. | 1-2 weeks. | 2-3 weeks. | 3-4 weeks. | Total under 4 weeks. | 4 weeks and under 3 months. | 3-6 months. | 6-9 months. | 9-12 months. | Total deaths | under 1 year. | |
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Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Chicken-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Scarlet Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Whooping Cough | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — |
Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —' |
Influenza | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Tuberculous Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Convulsions | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Laryngitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Bronchitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Pneumonia | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
Diarrhoea and Enteritis | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | I | — | |
Gastritis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Syphilis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Rickets | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Suffocation | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 3 |
Injury at Birth | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Atelectasis | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Congenital Malformations | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 |
Premature Birth | 2 | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 3 |
Other causes | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
4 | 3 | — | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 32 |
Nett Births registered during (Legitimate 729
the calendar year Illegitimate 70
Nett Deaths (under i) registered (Legitimate 28
during the calendar year Illegitimate 4
The following Table gives the Infant Mortality Rate in Chelsea undervarious headings, for the past five years:— TABLE No. 16.
1926. | 1927. | 1928. | 1929. | 1930. | |
Infectious Diseases | 7.0 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 5.4 | 3.7 |
Diarrhceal Diseases | 16.3 | 16.3 | 1.2 | 10.7 | 6.3 |
Developmental Defects and Wasting | 23.3 | 30.4 | 21.1 | 31.2 | 12.5 |
Other causes | 17.4 | 23.4 | 23.6 | 23.2 | 17.5 |
Total Rate | 64.0 | 76.0 | 48.4 | 70.5 | 40.0 |