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Table IV.—For the year 1908.
Zymotic
death-rate.
Diarrhœa
death-rate.
Phthisis
death-rate.
Other tubercular
diseases deathrate.
Respiratory
diseases deathrate.
Cancer
death-rate.
Influenza
death-rate.
Deaths under
1 year to
1000 births.
Percentage of
deaths under 5
to total deaths.
Deaths in Public
Institutions per
cent. of total.
Chelsea
1.38
0.66
1.27
0.29
2.68
0.94
0.41
108
20.9
46.4
London
1.63
0.80
1.36
0.52
2.68
1.05
0.28
115
30.5
41.9
Small-Pox.—There was no small-pox in Chelsea in 1908.
Measles.—This disease caused only 12 deaths in 1908, as compared
with 41 in 1907, and 58 in 1906. Four deaths were registered in North
Chelsea, and 8 in South Chelsea. All the deaths, with one exception,
were of children under 5 years of age, namely:—4 under one year, and 7
between one and five years. Four of the deaths occurred in the first
quarter of the year, 6 in the second, none in the third, and 2 in the
fourth.
Scarlet Fever.—This disease caused 7 deaths in 1908, as compared
with 2 only in 1907. Five were North Chelsea cases, and 2 South
Chelsea. All were fever hospital patients.
Diphtheria.—This disease caused 13 deaths in 1908, as compared
with 8 in 1907. Four of the fatal cases were residents of North Chelsea,
and 9 of South Chelsea. All but one of the deaths occurred in hospital.
Table V.—Cases of, and Deaths from, Diphtheria and Membranous
Croup in Chelsea,* 1890-1908.
cases.
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
172
162
163
200
207
273
429
242
153
136
150
106
131
99
61
52
161
158
138
deaths.
1890
1891
1892
1893
1891
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901 1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
32
20
32
43
41
52
96
45
22
13
14
9
13
4
5
5
16
8
13
* 1890-1900, Chelsea Home District.
Whooping Cough.—This disease caused 18 deaths in 1908, as
compared with 25 in 1907. The deaths were equally distributed between
North and South Chelsea.
Enteric Fever.— Five deaths were due to enteric fever in 1908, as
compared with 3 in 1907. Four of the fatal cases resided in North
Chelsea, and one in South Chelsea.