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Chelsea 1929
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1929
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Respiratory Diseases.—Table No. 12 shows the number of deaths
from respiratory diseases during the past two years. The annual death
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. 12.
| Year. | Bronchitis. | Pneumonia. | Other Respiratory Diseases. | Total. | Death. rate. | No. of deaths under 5 years. | Percentage under 5 years. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 | 28 | 50 | 6 | 84 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 14.3 |
| 1920 | 43 | 86 | 11 | 140 | 2.2 | 19 | 13.6 |
DEATHS OF CHILDREN 1-5 YEARS OF AGE.
The number of deaths of children between 1-2 years of age was 14
and between 2-5 years, 12. In the previous year these figures were 10
and 12 respectively. The causes of death are given in detail in Table
No. 11. Table No. 13 shows the causes of death during the past two
years.
TABLE No. 13. Child Mortality (1-5 Years).
| Period or Year. | Infectious Fevers. | Tuberculosis. | Respiratory Diseases. | Diarrhæal Diseases. | All other causes. | Total Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 | 5 | 5 | 3 | — | 9 | 22 |
| 1929 | 11 | 2 | 8 | — | 5 | 26 |
INFANT MORTALITY.
There were 52 deaths of infants under one year of age in Chelsea
during the year. The corrected death rate is TO per 1,000 births, as
compared with 48 in the previous year. This increased mortality was
due in part to greater incidence of whooping cough, enteritis and pneumonia
and also to the reduced number of births.
In London as a whole the rate of infant mortality was 70 per 1,000
births.
The causes of death in the various age groups are set out in Table
No. 14