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Chelsea 1940
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1940
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TABLE No. 12.
D eaths of C helsea R esidents R egistered during the Y ear 1938, C lassified by A ge and C ause. (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 5 years. | 5and under 15 years. | 15 and. under 45 years. | 45 and under 65 years. | 66 years and upwards. | ||
| All Causes | 851 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 154 | 443 | ||
| 1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 3. Scarlet i'ever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 4. Whooping Cough | __ | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 5. Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 6. Tuberculosis of Resp. System. | 37 | — | 1 | — | 49 | 10 | 7 | |
| 7. Other forms of Tuberculosis | 6 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8. Syphilitic diseases | 5 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | |
| 9. Influenza | 12 | — | — | 4 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 10. Measles | — | — | — | — | — | —- | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||
| 13. Caneer of Buccal Cavity fund 0esophagus(M), Uterus(F) | 15 | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | ||
| 14. Caneer Stomach, Duodenum | 13 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 11 | |
| 15. Cancer of Breast | 10 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 4 | |
| 16. Cancer of ail other sites | 62. | — | — | - | 26 | 34 | ||
| 17. Diabetes | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | ||
| 18. Intra-cranial vascular lesions | 42 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 34 | |
| 19. Heart Disease | 204 | — | — | — | 33 | 167 | ||
| 20. Other diseases of the circ.System. | 26 | —- | — | — | —_ | 7 | 19 | |
| 21. Bronchitis | 31 | 1 | — | - | - | 10 | ||
| 22. Pnemonia | 46 | 3 | 1 | — | 11 | 28 | ||
| 23. Other respiratory diseases | 8 | — | — | — | 4 | ( | ||
| 24. Ulcer of stomach or duodenun | 11 | — | — | — | 3 | 6 | ||
| 25. Diarrhoea under 2 years | 1 | '— | '— | — | — | _— | — | | |
| 26. Appendicitis | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | i |
| 27. Other digestive disease | 9 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| 28. Acute ana chromic Nephritis | 7 | — | —| | — | 5 | 1 | ||
| 29. Puerperal Sepsis (and.post aboyttne) | 2. | — | _ | 2 | — | — | ||
| 30. Other maternal Causes | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 31. Prematura birth | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 32 Congenital malformation, birth injury, infantile diseases | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 33. Suicide | 13 | — | — | — | 5 | 5 | 3 | |
| 34. Road traffic accidents | 11 | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | 3 | |
| 35. Other violent causes | 205 | 2 | — | 6 | 90 | 56 | 55 | |
| 36. All other causes | .47 | — | — | 2 | 7 | |||
| 851 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 154 | 126 | 443 | ||