Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report for 1893 of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE OF DEATHS durimg the Year 1893, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Chelsea; classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities. | Mortality from all causes at subjoined ages. | Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths ok Children under Five Years of Age. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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At all ages. | Under 1 year | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | Small-pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhoea and Dysentery. | Kheumatic Fever. | Ague. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy. | Heart ' Disease. | [ Injuries. | i All Other Diseases. | | Total. | ||||||
Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | (h) | (i) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
Chelsea North, exclusive of Public Institutions | 617 | 165 | 82 | 23 | 24 | 206 | 117 | Under 5 5 upwds. | ... | 4 | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 14 | 18 | 39 | ... | ... | 20 | 49 | ... | 8 | 89 | 247 | |
... | 2 | 11 | 2 | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | 5 | ... | 2 | ... | 4 | 4 | 2 | ... | 62 | 87 | 45 | 8 | 131 | 370 | |||||||||
... | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 22 | 24 | ... | ... | 16 | 43 | 1 | 6 | 66 | 183 | |||||||||
Chelsea South, exclusive of Public Institutions | 451 | 130 | 53 | 16 | 13 | 156 | 83 | Under 5 5 upwds. | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 73 | 23 | 12 | 111 | 268 |
... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 14 | 23 | ... | ... | 15 | 36 | ... | 4 | D4 | 154 | |||||||||
Kensal Town | 292 | 107 | 47 | 14 | 9 | 88 | 27 | Under 5 5 upwds. | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | 24 | 32 | 8 | 6 | 55 | 138 |
1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 7 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 16 | 30 | |||||||||
Workhouse and Infirmary | 266 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 122 | 104 | Under 5 5 upwds. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 46 | 44 | 32 | 4 | 104 | 236 |
... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |||||||||
Brompton Hospital | 163 | 1 | ... | 5 | 41 | 116 | ... | Under 5 5 upwds. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 142 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 162 |
... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||
Cancer Hospital | 97 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 86 | 9 | Under 5 5 upwds. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | ... | 92 | 97 |
... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Hospital for Women | 36 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 34 | 1 | Under 5 5 upwds. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 28 | 35 |
... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||
Royal Hospital for InPensioners | 50 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 21 | 29 | Under 5 5 upwds. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 24 | 50 |
... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | 13 | ... | ... | 15 | 35 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 114 | |||||||||
Victoria Hospital for Chil dren | 131 | 65 | 49 | 16 | 1 | ... | ... | Under 5 5 upwds. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 17 |
... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 6 | |||||||||
Cheyne Hospital St. Camillos' Hospital Lying-in House, St. John's | 22 | 5 | ... | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | Under 5 5 upwds. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 17 |
... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ||||||||||||
Totals | 2125 | 498 | 237 | 87 | 98 | 832 | 373 | Under 5 5 upwds. | ... | 5 | 9 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 22 | 59 | 106 | ... | ... | 67 | 167 | 3 | 23 | 266 | 735 |
1 | 2 | 14 | 3 | ... | 9 | 1 | ... | 11 | ... | 8 | ... | 8 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 313 | 259 | 129 | 34 | 575 | 1390 |
The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into acoonnt in judging of the abo*e Records of Mortality.
Deaths occurring outside the district among'persons belonging thereto | 245 | 15 | 37 | 29 | 26 | 125 | 13 | Under 5 5 upwds. | ... | 17 | 20 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | 8 | 52 |
... | 8 | 8 | 1 | ... | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 29 | 26 | 12 | 76 | 193 | ||||||||||
... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | ... | ... | 10 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 93 | |||||||||
the district among persons notbeloneinsrthereto | 412 | 57 | 36 | 29 | 45 | 231 | 14 | Under 5 5 upwds | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 146 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 144 | 319 |