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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 1941

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1941

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CAUSES OF DEATH.
Table No. 12 shows that 171 deaths were due to Organic Heart Disease,
76 to Cancer, 38 to Bronchitis, 40 to Pneumonia, 31 to Pulmonary
Tuberculosis, 20 to Circulatory Diseases, 31 to Cerebral Hæmorrhage, 5
to Influenza and 5 to Congenital Debility and Malformation.
Sixty per cent. of all deaths occurred in persons over 65 years of
age.
RESPIRATORY DISEASES.
Table No. 13 shows the number of deaths from respiratory diseases
during the past three years. The annual death rate, the number of
deaths under 5 years, and the percentage of deaths occurring in children
under 5 years of age is also shown:—

Table: TABLE No. 13.

TABLE No. 13.

Year.Bronchitis.Pneumonia.Other Respiratory Diseases.Total.Death-rate.No. of deaths under 5 years.Percentage under 5 years.
193910396651.387.7
194031458842.256.0
194138405833.111.2

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DEATHS OF CHILDREN 1-5 YEARS OF AGE.
The causes of death are given during the past three
years.

Table: TABLE No. 14.Child Mortality (1-5 Years).

TABLE No. 14.

Child Mortality (1-5 Years).

Year.Infectious Fevers.Tuberculosis.Respiratory Diseases.Diarrhœal Diseases.All other causes.Total Deaths.
193911——35
1940-11-24
1341----22