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Chelsea 1904
Annual report for 1904 of the Medical Officer of Health
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the Borough in various public institutions. There were, therefore,
1222 deaths of parishioners of Chelsea. These 1222 deaths are
equivalent to a death-rate for the year of 16.5 per 1,000, as against
a death-rate of 15.3per 1,000 in 1903.
Table II. gives the death-rates of the Home District of Chelsea, of Chelsea Borough, and of London during the past 14 years.
TABLE II.
| Year. | Chelsea. | London. |
|---|---|---|
| Death-rate. | Death-rate. | |
| 1891 | 22.1 | 21.4 |
| 1892 | 21.9 | 20.7 |
| 1893 | 21.6 | 21.4 |
| 1894 | 17.6 | 17.8 |
| 1895 | 20.8 | 19.9 |
| 1896 | 19.0 | 18.6 |
| 1897 | 17.9 | 18.2 |
| 1898 | 18.1 | 18.7 |
| 1899 | 20.0 | 19.8 |
| 1900 | 18.1 | 18.7 |
| 1901 | 16.6 | 17.7 |
| 1902 | 18.0 | 17.7 |
| 1903 | 15.3 | 15.7 |
| 1904 | 16.5 | 16.6 |
* 1891-1900, Chelsea Home District.
Zymotic Death-rate.—The death-rate in Chelsea from the seven
principal zymotic diseases was 1.71 per 1,000 in 1904, the corresponding
rate for London being 2.39. In 1903 the zymotic death-rate in Chelsea
was only 1.26 per 1,000.
Table III.—For the year 1904.
| Zymotic Death-rate. | Diarrhœa Death-rate. | Phthisis Death-rate. | Other Tubercular diseases death-rate. | Respiratory diseases death-rate. | Cancer death-rate. | Influenza death-rate. | Deaths under 1 year to 1,000 births. | Percentage of deaths under 5 to total deaths | Deaths in Public Institutions % of total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chelsea | 1.71 | 0.86 | 1.81 | 0.49 | 3.58 | 1.16 | 0.27 | 155 | 28.0 | 42.4 |
| London | 2.39 | 1.27 | 1. 67 | 0.57 | 3.01 | 1.00 | 0.15 | 145 | 36.0 | 35.0 |