Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1931
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TABLE No. 15.
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. | |
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Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Chicken-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
\\ hooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Influenza | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Tuberculous Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Convulsions | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Laryngitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Pneumonia | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
Diarrhœa and Enteritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
Gastritis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
Syphilis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Rickets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Suffocation | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Injury at Birth | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Atelectasis | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Congenital Malformations | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 3 |
Premature Birth | 7 | - | - | 1 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 8 |
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
Other causes | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 4 |
10 | 1 | - | 1 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 31 |
Nett Births registered during Legitimate 658
the calendar year Illegitimate 77
Nett Deaths (under 1) registered Legitimate 23
during the calendar year Illegitimate 8
The following Table gives the Infant Mortality Rate in Chelsea under various headings, for the past two years : — TABLE No. 16.
1930. | 1931. | ||
---|---|---|---|
Infectious Diseases | 3.7 | 2.7 | |
Diarrhœal Diseases | 6.3 | 2.7 | |
Developmental Defects and Wasting | 12.5 | 19.0 | |
Other causes | 17.5 | 17.6 | |
Total Rate | 40.0 | 42.0 |