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

Table: TABLE No.16

TABLE No.16

19391940
Infectious Diseases3.9-
Diarrhoeal Diseases1.92.8
Developmental Defects and Wasting15.818.6
Other causes11.818.6
Total Rate33.040.0

Table: TABLE No. 17.I nfantile M ortality R ates per 1,000 B irths in W ards.

TABLE No. 17.

I nfantile M ortality R ates per 1,000 B irths in W ards.

19391940
Hans Town--
Royal Hospital18-
Church4724
Cheyne-56
Stanley4941
Chelsea Borough3340

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

Table: TABLE No. 18.

TABLE No. 18.

19391940
Total number of illegitimate deaths under 1 year21
Illegitimate death rate4126

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MATERNAL MORTALITY.
During the year three 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.