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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 1914
Annual report for 1914 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Table III.—For the year 1914.
| Zymotic death-rate. | Diarrhœa death-rate. | Phthisis death-rate. | Other tubercular diseases death-rate. | Respiratory diseases death-rate. | Cancer death-rate. | Influenza death-rate. | Deaths under 1 year to 1000 births. | Percentage of deaths under 5 to total deaths. | Deaths in Public Institutions per cent of total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chelsea | 0.76 | 0.41 | 1.25 | 0.24 | 2.67 | 1.41 | 0.19 | 67.3 | 14.4 | 54.2 |
| London | 1.55 | 0.80 | 1.42 | 0.33 | 2.67 | 1.18 | 0.14 | 103.5 | 26.8 | 45.8 |
Small-pox.—There was no small-pox in Chelsea in 1914.
Measles.—This disease caused only one death in 1914, as compared
with 17 in 1913, and 21 in 1912. The single death was that of a South
Chelsea infant under one year of age.
Scarlet Fever.—This disease caused 4 deaths in 1914, 3 being North
Chelsea and 1 a South Chelsea case. All the deaths occurred in Hospitals.
Diphtheria.—Eight deaths were attributed to diphtheria in 1914, 3
being North Chelsea and 5 South Chelsea cases. Six of the deaths occurred
in Hospitals, and 2 at the patients' homes.
Table IV.—Cases of, and Deaths from Diphtheria and Membranous Croup in
| cases. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 |
| 172 | 162 | 163 | 200 | 207 | 273 | 429 | 242 | 153 | 136 | 150 | 106 | 131 | 99 | 61 | 52 | 161 | 158 | 138 | 97 | 81 | 83 | 89 | 59 | 76 |
| deaths. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1895 | 1894 | 1895 | 189G | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1901 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 |
| 32 | 20 | 32 | 43 | 41 | 52 | 96 | 45 | 22 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
* 1890-1900, Chelsea Home District.
Whooping Cough.—This disease caused 7 deaths in 1914, as compared
with 4 in 1913. Five were between 1 and 2 years of age, and two between
2 and 5 years. Four of the deaths were in North Chelsea, and 3 in South
Chelsea.
Enteric Fever.—There were 3 deaths from this disease, 1 being a North
Chelsea, and 2 South Chelsea cases. Two of the deaths occurred in Hospital.
One of the fatal cases was that of a girl of 17 years, who was not
notified until she was moribund; and another was a man who arrived in
Chelsea from Canada, being ill on his arrival.