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Chelsea 1940

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1940

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22
INFANT MORTALITY.
There were 15 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 40 as compared with 33 in the. previous year.
In London as a whole the rate of infant mortality was 50 per 1,000
live births.
The causes of death in the various age groups are set out in Table
No. 15

Table: 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 months3-6 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---—-—1--1
Erysipelas----------
Tuberculous Meningitis----------
Abdominal Tuberculosis----------
Other Tuberculous Diseases----------
Meningitis
Convulsions--——-——-——--
Laryngitis----------
Bronchitis---—-l---1
Pneumonia---11—11-3
Diarrhoea and Enteritis--1-1—---1
Gastritis----------
Syphilis----------
Rickets----------
Suffocation----------
Injury at Birth---—-—---—
Atelectasis----------
Congenital Malformations---_-------
Premature Birth.3---3----3
Atrophy,Debility and Marasmus11-—211——4
Other causes1--—1—1--2
611l8241—15
Nett Births registered during the calendar yearLegitimate399
Illegitimate39
Nett Deaths (under 1) registered during the calendar yearLegitimate14
Illegitimate1