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Chelsea 1902
Annual report for 1902 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Table VII.—Cases of, and Deaths from. Diphtheria and Membranous Croup in Chelsea* 1890-1902. Cases.
| 1890. | 1891. | 1892. | 1893. | 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | 1900. | 1901. | 1902. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 172 | 162 | 163 | 200 | 207 | 273 | 429 | 242 | 153 | 136 | 150 | 106 | 131 |
| Deaths. | ||||||||||||
| 1890. | 1891. | 1892. | 1893. | 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | 1900. | 1901. | 1902. |
| 32 | 20 | 32 | 43 | 41 | 52 | 96 | 45 | 22 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 13 |
*1890-1900, Chelsea Home District.
Whooping Cough.—This disease caused 13 deaths in 1902, as
compared with 29 in 1901. Four only of the deaths occurred in Chelsea
North, and 9 in Chelsea South. Eight of the fatal cases were infants
under 1 year of age, and 5 were between the ages of 1 and 5.
Table VIII.—Zymotic Disease Mortality in Chelsea, in 1903.
| Actual number of deaths in Chelsea. | Chelsea's proportion of total London deaths according to its population. | Average number of deaths annually in Chelsea, 1896-1901. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | 68 | 38 | 37 |
| Scarlet Fever | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Diphtheria | 13 | 19 | 33 |
| Whooping Cough | 13 | 30 | 31 |
| Enteric Fever | 6 | 9 | 9 |
| Diarrhœa | 52 | 55 | 86 |
| Small-pox | 7 | 21 | - |
Enteric Fever.—The mortality from this disease was again below
the average, of recent years. Three of the fatal oases occurred in
hospital, and 3 at the patients' own homes.
Diarrhoea.—The deaths in Chelsea in 1902 from diarrhœal diseases
(diarrhcea, dysentery, cholera, gastro-enteritis, and enteritis) were 52 in
number, as compared with 58 in 1901. Thirty-six of the deaths were
of infants under 1 year of age, and 11 were between 1 and 5 years of
age. The summer diarrhcea prevalence was small, as in 1901, the cold
and wet weather of the end of July and of the whole of August
effectually preventing any rise in the diarrhoea mortality.