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Chelsea 1902

Annual report for 1902 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: TABLE XIII. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1902.

TABLE XIII. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1902.

Causes or Death.Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined Ages.Deaths in or belonging to Localities (at all Ages).Total Deaths in Public Institutions m the District.
All Ages.Under 1 Year.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards-Chelsea North.Chelsea South.
Small-pox71• •2• •4• •43• •
Measles6810525• •1• •432510
Scarlet Fever8• •71• •• •• •622
Whooping-cough1385• •• •• •• •49• •
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup____13• •57• •• •• •103• •
Croup Fever..• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •
Typhus• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •
Enteric6• •• •123• •42• •
other continued• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •
Epidermic Influenza20311• •• •71195
Cholera• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •
Plague• •• •• •• •• •• •..• •• •• •
Diarrhœa(See Notes at food)44328• •• •• •3222225
Enteritis (See Notes at foot)843••• •• •1623
Puerperal Fever• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •
Erysipelas611• •• •22242
Other Septic Diseases91• •• •152546
Phthisis111• •6• •88986150191
Other Tubercular Diseases297123• •52151435
Cancer, Malignant Diseases76• •• •1147273937152
Bronchitis21944161• •5410412297150
Pneumonia821412• •13817463665
Pleurisy101• •• •• •54646
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •..
Alcoholism—Cirrhosis of Liver26• •• •• •• •22417913
Venereal Diseases5• •1• •• •4..235
Premature Birth3535......• •• •23124
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition3• •• •• •• •3• •211
Heart Diseases127• •18115453685982
Accidents4191• •121920219
Suicides11• •• •• •• •10165• •
All other causes37874208712114819218b320
All causes135524415138324983927366191086

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Notes.—(a) In this Table all deaths of "Residents" occurring in public institutions, whether within or
without the district, are to be included with the other deaths in the columns for the several
age groups (columns 2-8). They are, also, in columns 9-15, to be included among the deaths
in their respective " Localities " according to the previous addresses of the deceased as given
by the Registrars. Deaths of "Non-residents " occurring in public institutions in the district
are in like manner to be excluded from columns 2-8 and 9-15 of this Table.
(b) See notes on Table I. as to meaning of "Residents" and " Non-residents," and as to the
" Public Institutions " to be taken into account for the purposes of these Tables. The
" localities" should be the same as those in Tables II. and III.
(c) All deaths occurring in public institutions situated within the district, whether of " Residents
or of " Non-residents, are, in addition to being dealt with as in note fa), to be entered in
the last column of this Table. The total number in this column should equal the figures for
the year in column 9. Table I.
(d) The total deaths in the several "Localities" in columns 9-15 of this table should equal those
for the year in the same localities in Table II., sub-columns c. The total deaths at all ages in
column 2 of this Table should equal the gross total of columns 9-15, and the figures for the
year in column 12 of Table I.
(e) Under the heading of "Diarrhoea" are to be included deaths certified as from Diarrhoea,
alone or in combination with some other cause of ill-defined nature; and also deaths
certified as from
Epidemic Enteritis;
Zymotic Enteritis;
Epidemic Diarrhoea. Summer Diarrhoea ;
Dysentery and Dysenteric Diarrhea ;
Choleraic Diarrhea. Cholera, Cholera nostras (in the absence of Asiatic Cholera).
Under the heading of " Enteritis " are to be included those certified as from Gastroenteritis, Muco-enteritis,
and Gastric Catarrh, unless from information obtained by enquiry from the certifying practitioner or
otherwise, the Medical Officer of Health should have reason for including such deaths, especially those
of infants, under the specific term " Diarrhoea?"
Deaths from Diarrhoea secondary to some other well-defined disease should be included under the latter.
In recording the facts under the various headings of Tables I., II., III. and IV., attention has been given
to the notes on the Tables.