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Chelsea 1934

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1934

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TABLE No. 11. Birth-rates, Death-rates and Analysis of Mortality in the year, 1934. England and Wales, 121 County Boroughs and Great Towns, ans 135 Smaller Towns. (Provisional figures. The rates for England and Wales have been calculated on a population estimated to the middle of 1934, but those for London and the Towns have been calculated on populations estimated to the middle of 1933.

-Rate per 1,000 Total Population.Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Population.Rate per 1,000 Live Births.Percentage of Total Deaths.
All Causes.Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers.Smallpox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Whooping Cough.Diphtheria.Influenza.Violence.Diarrhœa and Enteritis (under Two years).Total Deaths under One yearCertified by Registered Medical Practitioners.Inquest Cases.Certified by Coroner after P.M. No Inquest.Uncertified Causes of Death.
Live Births.Stillbirths.
England and Wales14.80.6211.80.000.000.090. 020. 050.100.140.545.55990.46.52.11.0
121 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London14.70.6611.80.000.000.120.020.060.110.120.477.46390.56.12.90.5
135 Smaller Towns (Estimated Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at Census 1931).15.00.6711.30.000.000.070.020.040.090.140.423.65391.26.11.61.1
London13.20.5011.90.000.000.200.020.070.110.120.5612.66787.76.36.00.0
Chelsea10.80.4413.40.000.000.140.000.070.170.290.8611.16588.58.23.30.0

The maternal mortality rates for England and Wales are as follows:-
Puerperal Sepsis.
Others.
Total.
Per 1,000 live births 2.03 2.57 4. 60
Per 1,000 total births 1.95 2.46 4.41