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Chelsea 1904
Annual report for 1904 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Table V.—Zymotic Disease Mortality in Chelsea in 1904.
| Actual number of deaths in Chelsea. | Chelsea's proportion of total London deaths according to its population. | Average number of deaths annually in Chelsea* in 1896-1903. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | 24 | 36 | 37 |
| Scarlet Fever | 6 | 6 | 9 |
| Diphtheria | 5 | 12 | 27 |
| Whooping Cough | 26 | 24 | 28 |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| Diarrhoea | 64 | 94 | 76 |
* 1896-1900, Chelsea Home District.
Diarrhœa.—The deaths in Chelsea in 1904 from diarrhœal diseases
(diarrhoea, dysentery, cholera, enteritis, and gastro-enteritis) were 64 in
number, as compared with 40 in 1903. Forty-seven of the deaths were
of infants under 1 year of age, and 8 were between 1 and 5 years of
age. Thirty-eight of the deaths were of North Chelsea residents, and
26 were of South Chelsea residents. The summer diarrhoea prevalence
of 1904 was considerably in excess of the prevalences in the two previous
years, 1903 and 1902, which were unusually small owing to the cold
and wet summer seasons of these years.
Table VI.—Mortality from Diarrhœal Diseases.
| Year. | Chelsea. | London. |
|---|---|---|
| Death-rate per Million. | Death-rate per Million. | |
| 1896 | 1,037 | 1,112 |
| 1897 | 1,340 | 1,446 |
| 1898 | 1,258 | 1,556 |
| 1899 | 1,282 | 1,663 |
| 1900 | 1,187 | 1,251 |
| 1901 | 788 | 1,184 |
| 1902 | 692 | 737 |
| 1903 | 541 | 837 |
| 1904 | 864 | 1,267 |
Influenza.—The number of deaths attributed to influenza amounted
to 20, as against 6 in 1903. Thirteen deaths occurred in North
Chelsea, and 7 in South Chelsea. In London generally the disease was
but slightly prevalent, only 709 deaths occurring in 1904, as against
644 deaths in 1903, and 1,083 in 1902. Of the fatal cases in London
in 1904, 338 occurred in the fourth quarter of the year.