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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 1913

Annual report for 1913 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: Table XI.

Table XI.

Year.Chelsea.London.
Deaths under one to 1,000 births.Deaths 1—5 years.Deaths under one to 1,000 births.Deaths 1—5 years.
19011391461011121501429,5149,209
19021451511419,893
1903144941318,514
19041551021458,915
190511612165881311248,2098,122
19061401221338,639
19071221011188,435
1908108641157,207
19091079885711071077,5556,928
1910102631026,807
1911112771287,804
19127057925,544
191392441055,716

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The infantile mortality rate of 92 for 1913 is considerably above
the very low rate of 70 in 1912, when exceptionally favourable summer
conditions prevailed. The rate for 1913, however, compares favourably
with all rates previous to the year 1912, as will be seen from a study of
Table XI.
The attention paid to newly-born infants by the Lady Sanitary
Inspector and by the Lady Visitors of the Chelsea Health Society, and the
advice and practical assistance given to the mothers by the home visits
and by the weekly "infant consultations" held under the management
of the Health Society, is evidently becoming more and more effective in
the saving of the lives of many infants who would formerly have died
before reaching the end of their first year. This saving of life is
undoubtedly accompanied by a saving of health to many infants who
survive the first year, but who formerly suffered in strength and physique
as the result of preventable illness.

Table: Table XII.—For the Year 1913.

Table XII.—For the Year 1913.

Birth Rate.Infantile Mortality Rate.
Hans Town Ward14•171
Royal Hospital ,,15•655
Church „18•3104
Cheyne ,, ,,16•874
Stanley ,,21•6111
Chelsea Borough18•292