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Chelsea 1913

Annual report for 1913 of the Medical Officer of Health

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NOTES TO TABLE III.
(а) All "Transferable Deaths" of residents, i.e., of persons resident in the
District who have died outside it, are to be included with the other deaths
in columns 2-10. Transferable deaths of non-residents, i.e., of persons
resident elsewhere in England and Wales who have died in the district,
are in like manner to be excluded from these columns. For the precise
meaning of the term " transferable deaths " see footnote to Table I.
The total deaths in column 2 of Table III. should equal the figures for the
year in column 12 of Table I.
(b) All deaths occurring in institutions for the sick and infirm situated within the
district, whether of residents or of non-residents, are to be entered in the
last column of Table III.
(c) All deaths certified by registered Medical Practitioners and all Inquest cases
are to be classed as " Certified all other deaths are to be regarded as
" Uncertified."
(d) Exclusive of " Tuberculous Meningitis" (to), but inclusive of Cerebro-Spinal
Meningitis.
'e) Title 19 should be used for deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis at all ages.
(In the " Short List" deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under two
years are included under Title 19; those at two years and over being
placed under Title 28.)