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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 1929

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1929

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Table: TABLE No. 14.

TABLE No. 14.

Under 1 week.1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks.3-4 weeks.Total under 4 weeks.4 weeks and under 3 months.3-6 months.6-9 months.9-12 months.Total deaths under 1 year.
Small-pox----------
Chicken-pox----------
Measles----------
Scarlet Fever----------
Whooping Cough-----21-14
Diphtheria----------
Influenza----------
Erysipelas----------
Tuberculous Meningitis----------
Abdominal Tuberculosis----------
Other Tuberculous Diseases--------11
Meningitis----------
Convulsions----------
Laryngitis----------
Bronchitis--___-1--1
Pneumonia__---113510
Diarrhæa and Enteritis-----22318
Gastritis----------
Syphilis__---1---1
*Rickets----------
Suffocation----------
Injury at Birth----------
Atelectasis2--131---4
Congenital Malformations1_1-2----2
Premature Birth9-1__102---12
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus-----32--5
Other causes1-1-21--14
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Nett Births registered during Legitimate 664
the calendar year Illegitimate 72
Nett Deaths (under I) registered Legitimate 43
during the calendar year Illegitimate 9

Table: The following Table gives the Infant Mortality Rate in Chelsea under various headings, for the past two years:— TABLE No. 15.

The following Table gives the Infant Mortality Rate in Chelsea under various headings, for the past two years:— TABLE No. 15.

1928.1929.
Infectious Diseases2.55.4
Diarrhæal Diseases1.210.7
Developmental Defects and Wasting21.131.2
Other causes23.623.2
Total Rate48.470.5