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Chelsea 1939
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1939
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INFANT MORTALITY.
There were deaths of infants under one year of age in Chelsea during
the year. The infant mortality rate deaths under 1 year per 1,000 live
births) was as compared with 80 in the previous year.
In London as a whole the rate of infant mortality was per 1,000
live births.
Nett Births registered during Legitimate
the calendar year Illegitimate
Nett Deaths (under 1) registered (Legitimate
during the calendar year Illegitimate
The causes of death in the various age groups are set out in Table No. 15:—
TABLE No. 15.
| Under 1 week. | 1-2 weeks. | 2-3 weeks. | 3-4 weeks. | Total under 4 weeks. | 4 weeks and under 3 months | 3-6 months. | 6-9 months. | 9-12 months. | Total deaths under 1 year. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small pox | ||||||||||
| Chicken-pox | ||||||||||
| Measles | ||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | ||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | ||||||||||
| Diphtheria | ||||||||||
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | ||||||||||
| Influenza | ||||||||||
| Erysipelas | ||||||||||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | ||||||||||
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | ||||||||||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | ||||||||||
| Meningitis | ||||||||||
| Convulsions | ||||||||||
| Laryngitis | ||||||||||
| Bronchitis | ||||||||||
| Pneumonia | ||||||||||
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis | ||||||||||
| Gastritis | ||||||||||
| Syphilis | ||||||||||
| Rickets | ||||||||||
| Suffocation | ||||||||||
| Injury at Birth | ||||||||||
| Atelectasis | ||||||||||
| Congenital Malformations | ||||||||||
| Premature Birth | ||||||||||
| Atrophy Debility and Marasmus Other causes |