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Influenza. —The number of deaths referred to Influenza, as a
primary or secondary cause of death, amounted to 19, as against 13 in
1896, and 68 in 1895, which was the last year in which Influenza was
epidemic in London. Of the 19 deaths, 3 belonged to Kensal Town.
In London generally there was no epidemic in 1897, but deaths have
been recorded from this disease in every week of the year, amounting
to a total of 671, as compared with 496 in 1896.

The death-rate from respiratory diseases in Chelsea in 1897 was
low owing to the comparative absence of influenza, and the mildness of
the winter and spring season.
Tubercular Diseases. —The death-rate from phthisis and other
tubercular diseases in Chelsea in 1897 was 2.37 per 1,000, as against
247 in London generally. The Kensal Town rate was 1.97 per 1,000.
The average death-rate from these diseases in Chelsea during the
13 years, 1884-96, was 2.93 per 1,000.
Cancer. —Malignant cancerous diseases caused 83 deaths amongst
Chelsea parishioners, of which number 15 belonged to Kensal Town.
The annual average of the 13 years, 1884-96, is 76 deaths. Chelsea's
proportion of the total London deaths from cancer in 1897 is 85.
Deaths in Public Institutions. —ln 1897, 32.1 per cent, of the total
deaths of parishioners of Chelsea occurred in public institutions, the
average for the six years, 1891-96, being 31 per cent. Of the home
district residents, 35.2 per cent, of the deaths occurred in public
institutions, and of Kensal Town residents, 20.5 per cent. In 1897,
14.5 per cent, of the total deaths of parishioners occurred in the Chelsea
Workhouse and Infirmury, the average of the six years, 1891-96, being
14.7 per cent. Of the home district residents, 18.4 per cent, of the
deaths occurred in the Workhouse and Infirmary, and of Kensal Town
residents, only 8.8 per cent.