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Chelsea 1939

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

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Table: The following Table gives the Infant Mortality Rate in Chelsea under various headings, for the past two years:—TABLE No. 16.

The following Table gives the Infant Mortality Rate in Chelsea under various headings, for the past two years:—

TABLE No. 16.

19381939
Infectious Diseases5.2
Diarrhœal Diseases19.1
Developmental Defects and Wasting40.0
Other causes15.4
Total Rate80.0

Table: TABLE No. 17.Infantile Mortality Rates per 1,000 Births In Wards.

TABLE No. 17.

Infantile Mortality Rates per 1,000 Births In Wards.

19381939
Hans Town51
Royal Hospital44
Church114
Cheyne55
Stanley91
Chelsea Borough80

Table: Illegitimate Deaths.— The following Table No. 18 shows the number of deaths among illegitimate infants during the past two years.TABLE No. 18.

Illegitimate Deaths.— The following Table No. 18 shows the number of deaths among illegitimate infants during the past two years.

TABLE No. 18.

19381939
Total number of illegitimate deaths under 1 year13
Illegitimate death rate236

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MATERNAL MORTALITY.
During the year deaths were primarily classified as due directly
to complications of pregnancy or childbirth.
In the case of every maternal death the circumstances are fully
investigated by the Medical Officer of Health, the findings being reported
to the Ministry of Health.