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Table VI.—Zymotic Disease Mortality in Chelsea in 1908.
Actual number of
deaths in Chelsea.
Chelsea's proportion of
total London deaths
according to its
population.
Average number of
deaths annually in
Chelsea, 1898-1907.
Measles
12
24
33
Scarlet Fever
7
9
6
Diphtheria
13
12
11
Whooping Cough
18
16
25
Enteric Fever
5
4
5
Diarrhœa
50
61
66
Diarrhœa.—The deaths in Chelsea in 1908 from diarrhœal diseases
(diarrhœa 35, enteritis 15) were 50 in number, as compared with 38 in
1907. Thirty-six of the deaths were of infants under one year of age,
7 were between 1 and 5 years of age, and 7 were adults. Twenty-seven
of the deaths were of North Chelsea residents, and 23 of South Chelsea.
The summer prevalence of the disease was late in commencing, very few
deaths being registered until the second week in August. The disease
also appears to have subsided earlier than in 1907, but few deaths being
certified as due to this cause subsequent to the 3rd week in September.
Table VII.—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
1905
620
948
1906
1,115
1,275
1907
509
544
1908
656
796
Influenza.—The number of deaths attributed to influenza in 1908
was 31, as against 20 in 1907. Eighteen deaths occurred in North
Chelsea, and 13 in South Chelsea. Eighteen of the fatal cases were of
persons aged Go years and upwards. In London generally the disease
had a greater prevalence in 1908 than in 1907, 1,350 deaths being
registered as due to this cause in 1908, as compared with 907 in 1907.
Of the fatal cases in London in 1908, 858 occurred in the first quarter