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Chelsea 1896

Annual report for 1896 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1896, in the Chelsea Metropolitan Sanitary District; classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1896, in the Chelsea Metropolitan Sanitary District; classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

Mortality from all causes, at subjoined Ages.Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institu-tions being shown as separate localities.At all ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.55 and upwards.Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Influenza.Injuries.All other Diseases.Total.
Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Intermittent.Puerperal.
(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)(i)12345678910111213141516171819202122
Chelsea North, exclusive of Public Institutions520146106241314388Under 5...5181.....................371935......57......575252
5 upwds.......6......2...11...211......435930610106268
Chelsea South, exclusive of Public Institutions42613980251311059Under 5...16........................4418341244......366219
5 upwds....19......11...3...221...228312511090207
Kensal Town309118631167437Under 5......23..................1242025......29...l472181
5 upwds.......4......1......1...1.........21928124155128
Workhouse and Infirmary26518319127107Under 5....................................22......4.........1321
5 upwds................1......1...2......1...595326...596244
Brompton Hospital96......62070...Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds..............................................8524......596
Cancer Hospital104............8321Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds..............................................11.........102104
Hospital for Women8............8...Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds.............................................................88
Royal Hospital for In-Pensioners49............1435Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds..............................................315191...1149
Victoria Hospital for Chil-dren1114053171......Under 5......3.....................1...1121...37......53393
5 upwds.......1......l...........................1...5......1018
Cheyne Hospital St. Camillo's Hospital Lying-in House of St. John152...9121Under 5............................................................22
5 upwds..............................................21.........1013
Totals19034633059363631348Under 5...6294..................21056010822171...117261768
5 upwds....120......6116...7321424119012112264931135

Table: The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging the above Records of Mortality.

The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging the above Records of Mortality.

Deaths occurring outside the district among per-sons belonging thereto2511165342010714Under 5...848........................114......4......1976
5 upwds....1314......5............1......21181617...1771175
Deaths occurring within the district among per- sons not belonging thereto3053140272316024Under 5......3.....................1...1101...26......32671
5 upwds................1............1............8557...4131234