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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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TABLE No. 11.
| England and Wales. | 126 County Boro's and Great Towns including London. | 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census). | London Administrative County. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 Population. | |||||
| Births :— | |||||
| Live | 14 .6 | 16.0 | 13.7 | ||
| Still | 0.65 | 0.64 | 0.56 | 0.44 | |
| Deaths :— | |||||
| All Causes | 44.3 | 16.8 | 12.8 | 17.8 | |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid fevers | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Measles | 0.02. | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | |
| Scarlet fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 .00 | 0.00 | |
| Whooping Cough | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0. 00 | |
| Diphtheria. | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0 .01 | |
| Influenza | 0.3£ | 0.29 | 0.30 | ||
| Noticication:- | |||||
| Cerebro- Spinal Fever | 0.33 | 0.29 | |||
| Whooping Cough | 1.34 | 1.35 | |||
| Smallpox ... | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0. 00 | 0.00 | |
| Scarlet fever | 1.63 | 1 .57 | 0.82 | ||
| Diphtheria | 1.16 | 1.29 | 1.21 | 0.61 | |
| Enteric fever | 6.07 | 0 06 | 0.10 | ||
| Erysipelas | 0.33 | 0.36 | 0.30 | 0.35 | |
| Pneumonia | 1.20 | 1.37 | 1.00 | 0. 87 | |
| Measles | 10.24 | 9.23 | 9.99 | 1.78 | |
| Rates per 1000 live birth. | |||||
| Deaths under 1 year of age | 55 | 5.9 | 54 | 56 | |
| Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 4.6 | 5. 3 | 4.4 | ||
| Rates per 1000 total births. | |||||
| Maternal Mortality:- | (excluding abortion) | ||||
| Puerperal Sepsis | 0.52 | Not availble | |||
| Others | 1.64 | ||||
| Total | 2. 16 | ||||
| Notifications:— Puerperal fever Puerperal pyrexia | 11.96 | 13 .30 | 9.73 | 3.94 13.30 | |