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Chelsea 1894

Annual report for 1894 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year 1894, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Chelsea ; classified according to diseases, ages, and localities.

TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year 1894, 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.Population at all ages. Begistered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.New Cases of Sickness in each Locality coming to the knowledge of the medical officer of health.Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several localities for treatment in isolation h ospital.
Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.
Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
(a)Census 1891. (b)Estimated to middle of 1894. (c)(d)(e)1234567891011121312345678910111213
Chelsea Home District74,46674,9642028Under 5...70513...5............4.........5020......1.....................
Public Institutions:—5 upwds.61491091...721...6...92......610159......44.....................
ChelseaWorkhouse and Casual Ward.........Under 5...11.................................11..............................
5 upwds....3.........1............2.........3......1.....................
Chelsea Infirmary.........Under 5...25......1............1.........25......1.....................
5 upwds....32......3............4.........32......3.....................
Chelsea Barracks.........Under 5...3........................1.........3.................................
5 upwds....1....................................1.................................
St. George's Infirmary.........Under 5......10....................................10..............................
5 upwds.115.....................13......115..............................
St. George's Workhouse.........Under 5......4....................................4..............................
5 upwds.......2.....................6............2..............................
Victoria Hospital.........Under 5......1.....................1............1..............................
5 upwds....211......1........................211.........1.....................
Duke of York's School.........Under 5..............................................................................
5 upwds.......1....................................1..............................
Cancer Hospital.........Under 5..............................................................................
5 upwds................1............2.....................1.....................
Women's Hospital.........Under 5..............................................................................
5 upwds....2........................1.........2.................................
Consumption Hospital.........Under 5..............................................................................
5 upwds...................1....................................1.....................
Kensal Town21,78724,088672Under 5...26131..............................199..............................
5 upwds.55328......10......5...17......53715......7............1......
TotalsUnder 5...102854...6............7.........7549......2.....................
5 upwds.122141581...891...11...137......1215091......58............1......