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Chelsea 1940
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1940
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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF CHELSEA.
ANNUAL (ABRIDGED) REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
for the year 1940.
| POPULATION. | Registrar-General's estimate of civilian population, mid - 1940 | 38,700 | |||
| Total. | M. | F. | |||
| LIVE BIRTHS. | |||||
| Legitimate | 389 | 186 | 203 | Birth rate per 1,000 | 11.0 |
| Illegitimate , | 39 | 16 | 23 | estimated civilian | |
| 428 | 202 | 226 | population | ||
| STILL BIRTHS. | 10 | 5 | 5 | Rate per 1,000 Total (live and still births) | |
| DEATHS. | 851 | 402 | 449 | Death Rate per 1,000 estimated civilian | |
| DEATHS FROM PUERPERAL CAUSES Deaths. | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births. | ||||
| Puerperal Sepsis | 2 | 5.2 | |||
| Other puerperal causes | 1 | 2.6 | |||
| 3 | 7.8 | ||||
DEATH RATE OF INFANTS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE;-
All infants per 1,000 live births 40
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 41
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 26
NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS. The total number of notified Chelsea births,
including stillbirths, from all sources was 318. Of this number,
95 were notified by midwives.
CLASSIFICATION OF DEATHS. The causes of deaths (851) were as
follows:- Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers o, Cerebro-spinal fever 1,
Scarlet fever 0, Whooping Cough o, Diphtheria 0, Tuberculosis of
respiratory system 37, other forms of Tuberculosis 6, Syphilitic
Diseases 5? Influenza 12, Measles 0, Ac. Poliomyelitis and Ac. PolioEncephalitis
0, Ac. Inf. Encephalitis 2, Cancer of Buc. Cav. and
Oesoph. (M) Uterus (F) 15, Cancer Stomach and Duodenum 19, Cancer
of Breast 10, Cancer of all other sites 62, Diabetes 5, Intracranial
Vascular Lesions 42, Heart disease 204, other dis. circ.
system 26, Bronchitis 31, Pneumonia 45, other respiratory diseases 8,
Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum 11, Diarrhoea under 2 years 1,
Appendicitis 3, other digestive diseases 9, Nephritis 7, Puerperal
and post-abortive sepsis 2, other maternal causes 1, Premature birth
3, Con. mal. birth, Injury, Infant diseases 4, Suicide 13, Road
traffic, Accidents 11, other violent causes 209, all other causes 47.
INFANT MORTALITY. There were 15 deaths of infants under one year
of age. The causes of death were as follows:- Influenza 1,
Bronchitis 1, Pneumonia 3, Diarrhoea 1, Premature births 3? Congenital
Malformations etc. 4, and other violent causes 2.
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