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Chelsea 1923

Annual report for 1923 of the Medical Officer of Health

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10
Infant Rates and Deaths, One to Five Years.

Table: The following table shows the average Infantile Mortality Rates in 4-yearly periods in Chelsea since 1901, and the average number of annual deaths in these periods of children one to five years of age; also similar figures for the years 1921, 1922 and 1923:—

The following table shows the average Infantile Mortality Rates in 4-yearly periods in Chelsea since 1901, and the average number of annual deaths in these periods of children one to five years of age; also similar figures for the years 1921, 1922 and 1923:—

Years.Infantile Mortality Rate.Deaths, 1-5 years.
1901-4140112
1905-811988
1909-129771
1918-168756
1917-207847
19217818
19226651
19235821

Table: The following table gives the Infantile Mortality Rates in Chelsea under various headings, for five four-yearly periods, and for 1921, 1922 and 1923:—

The following table gives the Infantile Mortality Rates in Chelsea under various headings, for five four-yearly periods, and for 1921, 1922 and 1923:—

1901-41905-81909-121913-161917-20192119221923
Infectious Diseases10·011·58·06·25·00·99·75·2
Diarrhœal Diseases23·526·018·016·412·214·23·98·3
Developmental Defects and Wasting48·037· 034·528·231·936·026·119·5
Other Causes58·044·036·036·628·927·426·124·7
Total Rate139·5118·596·587·478·078·565·857·7

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During the past 10 years, 1914-23, of the total deaths of infants
under one year of age, 25 per cent. died in the first week of life, and
37.5 per cent. in the first 4 weeks of life. The majority of these deaths
in the first 4 weeks of life are due to premature birth and defective vitality
of the infant, to congenital defects, and to wasting attributable to inability
to take nourishment, the result of weakness of the infant at birth.
A development of the system of ante-natal care of the mothers, and the
provision of milk for expectant mothers during the latter 6 months of
pregnancy, should exert some influence in reducing the infantile mortality
during the first weeks of life.

Table: Infantile Mortality Rates in Wards.

Infantile Mortality Rates in Wards.

Wards.Average of 10 years, 1912-21.1922.1923.
Hans Town732371
Royal Hospital657650
Church918563
Cheyne632066
Stanley898351
Chelsea Borough816658