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Chelsea 1897

Annual report for 1897 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1897, in the Chelsea Metropolitan Sanitary District; classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1897, in the Chelsea Metropolitan Sanitary District; classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities. (a)Mortality from all causes, at subjoined Ages.Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
At all ages. (b)Under 1 year. (c)1 and under 5. (d)5 and under 15. (e)15 and under 25. (f)25 and under 65. (g)25 and upwards. (h)(i)Small-pox. 1Scarlatina. 2Diphtheria. 3Membranous Croup. 4Fevers.Cholera. 10Erysipelas. 11Measles. 12Whooping Cough. 13Diarrhæa and Dysentery. 14Rheumatic Fever. 15Phthisis. 16Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy. 17Heart Disease. 18Influenza. 19Injuries. 20All other Diseases. 21Total. 22
Typhus. 5Enteric or Typhoid. 5Continued. 7Malarial. 8Puerperal. 9
Chelsea North, exclusive of Public Institutions4601154592116179Under 5......3........................81148......473...565190
5 upwds....12......5...1......1...131395435109108270
Chelsea South, exclusive of Public Institutions3591053751412672Under 5......51..................26833......34...1250142
5 upwds...............2......1..1......2...283429313104217
Kensal Town290118371276848Under 5...412....................11550....281......53155
5 upwds.......1......2.................1331822193657135
Workhouse and Infirmary ...293151319139116Under 5....................................34...16...1...1428
5 upwds................1......1...2......1158572517111265
Brorapton Hospital93......43653...Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds..............................................77211......293
Cancer Hospital95...1137218Under 5............................................................11
5 upwds............................................................9494
Hospital for Women15......1...14...Under 5.................................................................
5 upwds.............................................................1515
Royal Hospital for In-Pensioners60............1446Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds...............................1............11323......2360
Victoria Hospital for Children93443613.........Under 5......3.....................11...22...312......23680
5 upwds......1......1........................1......3...1613
Cheyne Hospital } St. Camillo's Hospital } Lying-in House of St. John }19218251Under 5...........................................................33
5 upwds.........................8..................211......916
Totals17774291705492652380Under 5...4123..................31637157...4127419222599
5 upwds....14......11...15...5...296...18314617365241178
The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging the above Records of Mortality.
Deaths occurring outsider the district among persons belonging thereto2301849301510815Under 5...929........................223...26......21265
5 upwds....311......1.....2...1......1...27112111670165
Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belong thereto2988729273714724Under 5......2.....................1......16...29.........3666
5 upwds.......1......1............1.........177512...7127232