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Chelsea 1919
Annual report for 1919 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Birth and Death-Rates of Special Classes.
The following Table gives the average birth-rates, death-rates, zymotic
disease death-rates, tubercular disease death-rates, and deaths under
1 year to 1,000 births for 4-yearly periods from 1905 onwards, in respect
of the Borough, the Borough Council Dwellings and other Industrial
Dwellings, and seven of the streets inhabited by the lower wage-earning
classes:—
| Birth-rate | Death-rate | Zymotic Death-rate | Tubercular Death-rate | Deaths under 1 to 1,000 Births. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905- 8 | 22.0 | 16.2 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 122 |
| 1909-12 | 19.6 | 15.2 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 99 |
| 1913-16 | 18.0 | 14.8 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 87 |
| 1917-19 | 13.5 | 15.3 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 86 |
| 1905-8 | 29.5 | 14.8 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 95 |
| 1909-12 | 27.7 | 13.0 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 92 |
| 1913-16 | 27.4 | 13.3 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 75 |
| 1917-19 | 16.0 | 12.9 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 74 |
| 1905- 8 | 38.0 | 24.4 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 183 |
| 1909-12 | 36.8 | 24.1 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 137 |
| 1913-16 | 32.9 | 20.3 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 124 |
| 1917-19 | 17.5 | 15.8 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 115 |
| 1893- 6 | 34.6 | 7.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 1897-1900 | 33.7 | 7.0 | 4.6 | ||
| 1901-4 | 26.3 | 3.7 | 4.1 | ||
*1893-1908 statistics based on populations of 11 streets.
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1912-1919 „ ,, ,, ,, 7 ,,
From this table it will be seen how greatly the birth-rate fell in the 3
years, 1917-19, as compared with the earlier periods, both in the Borough
as a whole, in the Industrial Dwellings, and in the poor class streets.
The death-rate of the poor class streets has now fallen to less than half of
what it was in the 8 years 1893-1900, and the death-rates from infectious
and tubercular diseases, and the infantile mortality rates in these streets
also show very satisfactory declines. It is a somewhat remarkable fact
that the death-rate from tubercular diseases in the Industrial Dwellings
shows of late years no decline, and was during the period 1917-19 considerably
higher than the death-rate for the poor class streets.
The Borough Council's Dwellings are Sir Thomas More Buildings,
Pond House, Onslow Dwellings, and Grove Buildings, with a total population
of 1,467. The other Industrial Dwellings are the Marlborough Buildings,
Guinness Buildings, Peabody Buildings, Chelsea Park Dwellings,