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Chelsea 1939
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1939
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TABLE No. 11.
B irth -rates , Death-rates , Analysis of Mortality , England and Wales, Maternal Death-rates and Case-rates for certain London, 126 Great Infectious Diseases in the year 1938. Towns and 148 Smaller
Towns.
(Provisional figures based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns.)
| England and Wales. | 126 County Boro's and Great Towns including Loudon. | 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25.000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census). | London Administrative County. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 Population. | ||||
| Births:— | ||||
| Live | 15.1 | 15.0 | 15.4 | 13.4 |
| Still | 0.60 | 0.65 | 0.60 | 0.48 |
| Deaths:— | ||||
| All Causes ... | 11.6 | 11.7 | 11.0 | 11.4 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid fevers | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | _ |
| Measles | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.06 |
| Scarlet fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 |
| Diphtheria | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.05 |
| Influenza | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.06 |
| Notifications:— | ||||
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | __ |
| Scarlet fever | 2.41 | 2.60 | 2.58 | 2.05 |
| Diphtheria | 1.58 | 1.85 | 1.53 | 1.90 |
| Enteric fever | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.05 |
| Erysipelas | 0.40 | 0.46 | 0.39 | 0.46 |
| Pneumonia | 1.10 | 1.28 | 0.98 | 0.98 |
| Rates per 1,000 Live Births. | ||||
| Deaths under 1 year of age | 53 | 57 | 51 | 57 |
| Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 5.5 | 7.8 | 3.6 | 13.1 |
| Maternal Mortality | :- | |||
| Puerperal Sepsis | 0.89 | |||
| Others | 2.19 | Not avail able. | ||
| Total | 3.08 | |||
| Rates per 1,000 Total Births (i.e., Live and Still). | ||||
| Maternal Mortality | :— | |||
| Puerperal Sepsis | 0.86 | |||
| Others | 2.11 | Not avail able. | ||
| Total | 2.97 | |||
| Notifications:— | ||||
| Puerperal fever | 14.42 | 18.08 | 12.51 | 3.53 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 15.46 | |||