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Chelsea 1937
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1937
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The following tables are self-explanatory:— TABLE No. 8. Registered Deaths.
| Total. | |
|---|---|
| Deaths registered in the Borough | 2,021 |
| Non-parishioners | 1,400 |
| Deaths of Chelsea residents in hospitals and elsewhere outside the | 621 |
| Borough | 175 |
| Nett Chelsea deaths | 796 |
DEATHS IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS AND ELSEWHERE.
In tabular form is shown below the number of deaths of Chelsea
residents which took place in various Institutions during the year. Of
the 621 Chelsea deaths registered in the Borough, 373 occurred in
Institutions within the Borough.
TABLE No. 9. Chelsea Deaths in Hospitals and Chelsea Deaths in Hospitals and Institutions within the Borough. Elsewhere Outside the Borough.
| St. Luke's Hospital and Chelsea | General Hospitals | 51 | |
| Institution | 229 | Mental Hospitals | 21 |
| Royal Hospital for Pensioners | 65 | Infectious Disease Hospitals | 4 |
| Cancer Hospital | 7 | Tuberculosis Sanatoria, etc. | 5 |
| Victoria Hospital for Children | Nursing Homes | 26 | |
| (Tite Street) | 7 | Poor Law Institutions | 43 |
| St. Stephen's Hospital | Miscellaneous | 25 | |
| (Westminster Infirmary) | 56 | ||
| Brompton Hospital | 8 | ||
| Chelsea Hospital for Women | 1 | ||
| Cheyne Hospital for Children | — | ||
| St. George's Home for Tuber | |||
| culosis | — | ||
| 373 | 175 | ||
Of the 1,400 deaths of non-residents registered in Chelsea 1,385 occurred
in hospitals or Institutions within the Borough.