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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 1925
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1925
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rate, the number of deaths under 5 years, and the percentage of deaths occurring in children under 5 years of age is also shown:— TABLE No. 13.
| Year. | Bronchitis. | Pneumonia. | Other Respiratory Diseases. | Total. | Death rate. | No. of deaths under 5 years. | Percentage under 5 years. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 | 63 | 64 | 12 | 139 | 2.1 | 23 | 16.5 |
| 1925 | 84 | 74 | 3 | 161 | 2.5 | 20 | 12.4 |
DEATHS OF CHILDREN 1.5 YEARS OF AGE.
The number of deaths of children between 1.2 years of age was 8, and
between 2.5 years, 13. In 1924 these figures were 38 and 17, respectively.
The causes of death are given in detail in Table No. 12. Table No. 14
shows the causes of death during the five quinquennial periods from 1901.
TABLE No. 14. Child Mortality (1-5 Years).
| Period or Year. | Infectious Fevers. | Tuberculosis. | Respiratory Diseases. | Diarrhoea! Diseases. | All other causes. | Total Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901-05 | 36 | 15 | 27 | 7 | 18 | 103 |
| 1906-10 | 38 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 87 |
| 1911-15 | 26 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 62 |
| 1916-20 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 48 |
| 1921 25 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 33 |
| 1921 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 |
| 1922 | 30 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 49 |
| 1923 | 5 | 1 | 11 | — | 4 | 21 |
| 1924 | 29 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 55 |
| 1925 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 21 |
INFANT MORTALITY.
There were 64 deaths of infants under one year of age in Chelsea during
1925. The corrected death rate is 68 per 1,000 births, as compared with
63 in 1924, 58 in 1923, 66 in 1922, and 78 in 1921.
In London, in 1925, the rate of infant mortality was 67 per 1,000
births.
The causes of death in the various age groups are set out in Table
No. 15:—