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Chelsea 1895

Annual report for 1895 of the Medical Officer of Health

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TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OP NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge op the Medical Officer of Health during the Year 1895, 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.Registered 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 Hospital.
Census, 1891.Esti-mated to middle of 1895.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.Puerpereal.
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Chelsea Home District74,48575,1212028Under 5...96104......1............9.........6066......1.....................
5 upwds.12601852...631...5...68......1109112......33......1............
Public Institutions:—
Chelsea Infirmary.........Under 5...162.................................162..............................
5 upwds.2132......1......1...3......2132......1.....................
Chelsea Workhouse.........Under 5...4....................................4.................................
5 upwds....8........................2.........8.................................
St. George's Infirmary.........Under 5..............................................................................
5 upwds.......1.....................................................................
Victoria Hospital.........Under 5......3....................................3..............................
5 upwds....33.................................33..............................
Duke of York's Schools.........Under 5...2........................................................................
5 upwds....55........................................................................
Cancer Hospital.........Under 5..............................................................................
5 upwds................1............................................................
Consumption Hospital.........Under 5..............................................................................
5 upwds...............................1.............................................
Chelsea Barracks.........Under 5..............................................................................
5 upwds....1........................................................................
Kensal Town21,78724,808695Under 5...368......1............1.........203..............................
5 upwds.19324......9......2...19.........4911......4......1...1......
Totals96,27299,9292723Under 5...154117......2............10.........10074......1.....................
5 upwds.44692152...741...8...93......3244131......38......2...1......