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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 1940
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1940
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The following tables are self-explanatory :—
TABLE No. 8.
Registered Deaths.
| Total. | |
|---|---|
| Deaths registered in the Borough | 1883 |
| Non-parishioners | 1216 |
| 667 | |
| Deaths of Chelsea residents in hospitals and elsewhere outside the Borough | 184 |
| Nett Chelsea deaths | 851 |
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 667 Chelsea deaths registered in the Borough, 359 occurred in
Institutions within the Borough.
TABLE No. 9.
| Chelsea Deaths in Hospitals and Institutions within the Borough. | Chelsea Deaths in Hospitals and Elsewhere Outside the Borough. |
| General Hospitals 107 | |
| St. Luke's Hospital and Institution 251 | Mental Hospitals 13 Infectious Disease Hospitals |
| St. Stephen's Hospital and Institution 54 | (L.C.C.) 5 Tuberculosis Sanatoria, etc.4 |
| St. George's Home for Tuberculosis _ | Nursing Homes 22 |
| Poor Law Institutions (L.C.C.)8 | |
| Miscellaneous 25 | |
| Chelsea Hospital for Women 1 | |
| Cheyne Hospital for Children — | |
| Brompton Hospital 6 | |
| Royal Hospital for Pensioners 40 | |
| Royal Cancer Hospital 5 | |
| Victoria Hospital for Children 2 | |
| 359 | 184 |
| Of the 1,216 deaths of non-residents registered in Chelsea 1,158 occurred in hospitals or Institutions within the Borough. | |