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Chelsea 1936
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1936
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TABLE No. 11.
| England and Wales. | 122 | 143 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Boro's and Great Towns ' including London. | Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census). | London Administrative County. | |||
Rates per 1,000 Population.
| Births :— | ||||
| Live | 14.8 | 14.9 | 15.0 | 13.6 |
| Still | 0.61 | 0.67 | 0.64 | 0.53 |
| Deaths:— | ||||
| AU Causes | 12.1 | 12.3 | 11.5 | 12.5 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid fevers | 0.01 | 0.01 | 000 | 0.01 |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.14 |
| Scarlet fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.06 |
| Diphtheria | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| Influenza | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.14 |
| Violence | 0.52 | 0.45 | 0.39 | 0.52 |
| Notifications :— | ||||
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — |
| Scarlet fever | 2..53 | 2.18 | 2.48 | 2.57 |
| Diphtheria | 1..39 | 1.31 | 1.26 | 1.69 |
| Enteric fever | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.06 |
| Erysipelas | 0.40 | 0.38 | 0.35 | 0.44 |
| Pneumonia | 1.11 | 1.10 | 0.96 | 0.99 |
| Rates per 1,000 Live Births. | ||||
| Deaths under 1 year | ||||
| age | 59 | 63 | 55 | 66 |
| Deaths from Diarrhoea | ||||
| and Enteritis under | ||||
| 2 years of age | 5.9 | 8.2 | 3.4 | 14.4 |
| Maternal Mortality | ||||
| Puerperal Sepsis | 1.40 | Not available. | ||
| Others | 2.41 | |||
| Total | 3.81 | |||
| Rates per 1,000 Total Births [i.e., Live and Still). | ||||
| Maternal Mortality | ||||
| Puerperal Sepsis | 1..34 | Not available. | ||
| Others | 2.31 | |||
| Total | 3.65 | |||
| Notifications :— | ||||
| Puerperal fever | 3.27 | 3.46 | 2.80 | 3.03 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 9.64 | 9.52 | 7.57 | 11.15 |