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Chelsea 1914
Annual report for 1914 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Table V.—Zymotic Disease Mortality in Chelsea in 1914.
| Actual number of deaths in Chelsea. | Chelsea's proportion of total London deaths according to its population. | Average number of deaths annually in Chelsea, 1901-1913. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | 1 | 21 | 26 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 4 | 5 | 5 | |
| Diphtheria | 8 | 11 | 8 | |
| Whooping Cough | 7 | 14 | 18 | |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
| Diarrhoea | 28 | 54 | 46 | |
Diarrhœa.—The deaths in Chelsea in 1914 from diarrhœal diseases
(diarrhoea and enteritis) were 28 in number, as compared with 32 in 1913.
Nineteen of the deaths were of infants under one year of age, and 2 were
between 1 and 2 years. Eleven of the deaths were of North Chelsea residents,
and 17 of South Chelsea.
Table VI.—Mortality from Diarrhœal Diseases.
| Year. | Chelsea. | London. |
|---|---|---|
| Death-rate per million. | Death-rate per million. | |
| 1896 | 1037 | 1112 |
| 1897 | 1340 | 1446 |
| 1898 | 1258 | 1556 |
| 1899 | 1282 | 1663 |
| 1900 | 1187 | 1251 |
| 1901 | 788 | 1182 |
| 1902 | 714 | 756 |
| 1903 | 555 | 849 |
| 1904 | 897 | 1295 |
| 1905 | 652 | 977 |
| 1906 | 1188 | 1325 |
| 1907 | 550 | 570 |
| 1908 | 731 | 857 |
| 1909 | 443 | 588 |
| 1910 | 418 | 501 |
| 1911 | 939 | 1368 |
| 1912 | 153 | 395 |
| 1913 | 482 | 788 |
| 1914 | 415 | 799 |
Eleven deaths from diarrhoea occurred in the third or summer quarter
of the year, as compared with 13 in 1913, 2 in 1912. and 48 in 1911. The