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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 1895
Annual report for 1895 of the Medical Officer of Health
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The following Table II. gives the death-rates of Chelsea and of London during the past12 years:— Table II.
| Year. | Chelsea. | London. |
|---|---|---|
| Death-rate per 1,000. | Death-rate per 1,000. | |
| 1884 | 21.4 | 20.8 |
| 1885 | 22.7 | 20.3 |
| 1886 | 21.6 | 20.5 |
| 1887 | 22.0 | 20.3 |
| 1888 | 19.6 | 19.3 |
| 1889 | 18.6 | 18.3 |
| 1890 | 20.4 | 21.5 |
| 1891 | 21.0 | 21.4 |
| 1892 | 20.8 | 20.4 |
| 1893 | 20.0 | 21.3 |
| 1894 | 16.4 | 17.8 |
| 1895 | 19.3 | 19.9 |
The larger mortality in 1895 over that which characterised 1894,
is in part attributable to the return of influenza in the early part of the
past year, with its concomitant increase in deaths from diseases of the
respiratory organs, and to the warmth of the summer season, when
diarrhoeal diseases were unusually prevalent and fatal.
The corrected death-rate of Kensal Town for 1895 was 14.6 per
1,000, as against 12.5 per 1,000 in 1894. The corrected death-rate of
the home district (Chelsea, north and south) was 20.8 per 1,000, as
against 17.6 per 1,000 in 1894.
Zymotic death-rate.—The death-rate in Chelsea from the seven
principal zymotic diseases was 2.66 per 1,000 in 1895, the corresponding
rate for London generally being 2.64 per 1,000. In 1891, the zymotic
death-rate in Chelsea was 2.0 per 1,000; in 1892 it was 3.1 per 1,000;
in 1893 it was 3.0 per 1,000; and in 1894 it was 2.5 per 1,000.
| Birth-rate per 1,000. | Death-rate per 1,000. | Zymotic death-rate. | Influenza death-rate. | Phthisis death-rate. | Other tubercular diseases death-rate. | Respiratory diseases death-rate. | Deaths under 1 year to 1,000 births. | Percentage of deaths under 5 to total deaths. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chelsea | 27.3 | 19.3 | 2.66 | 0.68 | 1.91 | 0.34 | 4.54 | 170 | 36.7 |
| London | 30.5 | 19.9 | 2.64 | 0.49 | 1.82 | 0.80 | 4.22 | 166 | 40.4 |