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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Chelsea 1912
Annual report for 1912 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Table XIV.—Borough of Chelsea.
| Year. | Illegitimate Births. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Per cent. of total births. | Alive at end of year. | Dead at end of year. | Unaccounted for. | Deaths under 1 to 1,000 births. | |
| 1905 | 88 | 5•5 | 19 | 10 | 59 | 114 |
| 1906 | 73 | 4•8 | 21 | 7 | 45 | 96 |
| 1907 | 76 | 5•2 | 28 | 9 | 39 | 118 |
| 1908 | 96 | 6•2 | 37 | 11 | 48 | 115 |
| 1909 | 74 | 5•3 | 44 | 13 | 17 | 176 |
| 1910 | 80 | 5•8 | 63 | 8 | 9 | 100 |
| 1911 | 64 | 5•2 | 51 | 7 | 6 | 109 |
| 1912 | 59 | 4•9 | 49 | 9 | 5 | 153 |
The infantile mortality rates in the above Table are evidently
minimum rates from 1905 to 1908, owing to the considerable numbers
each year unaccounted for by change of residence, or other cause. During
the past three years it has been possible to trace the subsequent histories
of the illegitimate infants with some approach to accuracy.