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good nursing and medical comforts are provided to all who are in need
of them.
Cancer.—Malignant cancerous disease caused 93 deaths in Chelsea
in 1911, the average of the past 20 years being 74 deaths annually.
Forty-six of the deaths were of North Chelsea residents, and 47 of South
Chelsea. The mortality from cancer fluctuates from year to year, but,
on the whole, shows a slow but steady increase in Chelsea, as in the
country generally.
Alcoholism.—Seventeen deaths were registered in 1911 as being
due to intemperance or cirrhosis of the liver, as against 15 in 1910.
These annual figures merely represent the deaths which are palpably
and unmistakably the results of alcoholic excess, and take no account of
the far larger numbers which are indirectly due to excessive drinking.
Deaths in Lunatic Asylums.—Forty-two deaths of Chelsea
parishioners occurred in 1911 in lunatic asylums. The average of the
preceding 20 years is 34 deaths annually in asylums.
Deaths in Public Institutions.—In 1911, 52 8 per cent, of the
total deaths of parishioners of Chelsea occurred in public institutions, as
compared with 48.3 per cent. in 1910. In London generally 41.3 per
cent, of the total deaths occurred in public institutions in 1911. The
deaths in the Chelsea Infirmary in 1911 formed 23.1 per cent, of the
total deaths of Borough residents, as compared with 22.7 per cent in
1910.
Deaths of Common Lodging House Inmates.—Twenty deaths
of common lodging-house inmates occurred in Chelsea in 1911, all
taking place in the Chelsea Infirmary. All were males. Eight of the
deaths (40 per cent, of the total) were due to pulmonary tuberculosis.
The common lodging-houses now open in Chelsea are No. 24, Smithstreet
(50 beds for males), Nos. 25-27, Smith-street (112 beds for males),
and Nos. 23 and 24, Lawrence-street (76 beds for males). Total, 238
beds.
DEATH-RATE OF SPECIAL CLASSES OF THE
POPULATION.
The following Table gives the birth-rate, the general death-rate, the
zymotic disease death-rate, the tubercular disease death-rate, and the
deaths under 1 year to 1,000 births, during the year 1911,for the Borough,
for the inhabitants of the Borough Council's Dwellings, for the inhabitants
of other Industrial Dwellings in Chelsea, and for the inhabitants of ten of
the streets occupied by the poorer classes in the Borough. The industrial
dwellings are the Marlborough Buildings, Guinness Buildings, Peabody
Buildings, and Chelsea Park Dwellings, with a total population of 1,748 ;
and the streets are Dartrey-road, Francis-street, Gilray-square, Ivesstreet,
Oakham-street, Pond-terrace, Riley-street, Slaidburn-street,
Stayton-street, World's End-passage, and the courts adjacent, with a
total population of 4,084. The Borough Council's Dwellings are Sir
Thomas More Buildings, Pond House, Onslow Dwellings, and Grove
Buildings, with a total population of 1,467.