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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Chelsea 1939

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1939

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Table: TABLE No. 12.Deaths of Chelsea Residents Registered during the Year 1939. Classified by Age and Cause.(In accordance with Registrar-General's Return.)

TABLE No. 12.

Deaths of Chelsea Residents Registered during the Year 1939. Classified by Age and Cause.

(In accordance with Registrar-General's Return.)

Causes of Death.Nett Deaths, whether occurring within or without the borough.
All Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 2 years.2 and under 5 years.5 and under 15 years.15 and under 25 years.25 and under 35 years.35 and under 45 years.45 and under 55 years.55 and under 65 years.65 and under 75 years.75 years and upwards.
All Causes
1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers
2. Measles
3. Scarlet Fever
4. Whooping Cough
6. Diphtheria
6. Influenza
7. Encephalitis Lethargica
8. Cerebro-Spinal Fever
9. Tuberculosis of Respiratory System
10. Other Tuberculous Diseases
11. Syphilis
12. General Paralysis of the Insane, Tabes Dorsalis
13. Cancer, malignant disease
14. Diabetes
15. Cerebral Hæmorrhage, etc
16. Heart Disease
17. Aneurysm
18. Other Circulatory Diseases
19. Bronchitis
20. Pneumonia (all forms)
21. Other Respiratory Diseases
22. Peptic Ulcer
23. Diarrhœa, etc.
24. Appendicitis
25. Cirrhosis of Liver
26. Other Diseases of Liver, etc.
27. Other Digestive Diseases
28. Acute and Chronic Nephritis
29. Puerperal Sepsis
30. Other Puerperal Causes
31. Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, Malformations, etc.
32. Senility
33. Suicide
34. Other Violence
35. Other Defined Diseases
36. Causes ill-defined or unknown