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AREA. 660 acros.
LIVE BIRTHS:- Male. Female. Total.
Legitimate 205 184 389
Illegitimate 30 40 70
235 224 459
STILL BIRTHS. Male. Female. Total.
5 6 11
(Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births = 23.4).
DEATHS. Male. Female. Total.
267 287 554
DEATHS FROM PUERPERAL CAUSES: - Rate per 1,000 total
Deaths. (Live and still) births,
puerperal Sepsis - -
Other puerperal Causes 1 2.1
INFANT MORTALITY. Male. Female. Total.
267 287 554
DEATH RATE OF INFANTS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE:-
All infants per 1,000 live births
70
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births
62
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births
114
CLASSIFICATION OF DEATHS.
The causes of deaths (554) were as follows:-
Scarlet Fever
1
Bronchitis
36
Tuberculosis of
respiratory system
22
pneumonia
44
Other respiratory
diseases
8
Other forms of T.B.
2
Syphilitic disease
6
Ulceration of Stomach
or duodenum
11
influenza
12
Cancer - various sites
99
Diarrhoea (under 2)
8
Diabetes
1
Appendicitis
2
Intra-cranial vascular
lesions
30
Other digestive diseases
17
Nephritis
7
Heart disease
152
Maternal Causes
1
Other diseases of the
circulatory system
18
Premature birth
10
Congcnital malformations,
birth injuries
8
Suicide
7
Road Traffic accidents
3
Other violent causos
14
All other causes
35
PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES IN THE BOROUGH.
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS. The total number carried out was
115, including 67 for the bacillus associated with Diphtheria.
NURSING IN THE HOME. The total number of visits paid by the
nurses from the Chelsea District Nursing Association was 1,305
(160 cases).
CLINICS AMD _TREATMENT CENTRES. The total number of attendances
at the Clinics by children under one year of age was 3,298, and
963 children attended between the ages of 1 and 5 years. There
were 1,714 attendances by mothers at the ante-natal clinic and 18
mothers attended the post-natal clinic.
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