Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1936
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13
Total
M.
F.
Still Births
20
10
10
Rate per 1,000 total
(live and still)
births 30.4
Deaths
776
410
366
r Death rate per 1,000
of the estimated resile
dent population 13 7
Deaths from Puerperal Causes :—
Deaths.
Rate per 1,000 total
(live and still) births.
Puerperal Sepsis
—
Other Puerperal Causes
2
30
Total
2
30
Death rate of Infants under one year of age :—
All infants, per 1,000 Live Births
53
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births
52
Illegitimate infants per i,000 illegitimate live births
67
Deaths from Cancer (all ages)
111
Deaths from Measles (all ages)
4
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages)
3
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)
14
BIRTHS.
The total number of births of Chelsea residents during the year was
638, equivalent to a birth rate of 113 per 1,000 of population.
The birth.rate for England and Wales in 1936 was 14.8, while that
for London as a whole was 13.6.
The following Tables are self.explanatory:—
TABLE No. 3.
Registered Births.
Legitimate.
Illegitimate.
Total.
Male.
Female.
Male.
Female.
Births Registered in the Borough
445
462
78
48
1,023
Births of Non-Parishioners
303
288
58
43
692
Births of Chelsea Mothers in Lying.
in Hospitals and elsewhere outside
of the Borough
142
137
164
135
20
19
6
16
331
307
279
299
39
21
638
Nett Chelsea Births
678
60
638