Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1942
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The following tables are self-explanatory:—
TABLE No. 8. Registered Deaths.
1939 | 1940 | 1041, | 1942 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Deaths registered in the Borough | 1002 | 10313 | 1157 | 997 |
Non-parishioners | 1085 | 1210 | 740 | 672 |
577 | 007 | 411 | 525 | |
Deaths of Chelsea residents in hospitals and elsewhere . TWO Borough | 160 | 104 | 189 | 177 |
Nett Chelsea deaths | 743 | 851 | 600 | 502 |
DEATHS IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS AND ELSEWHERE.
In tabular form is shown below the number of deaths of Chelsea
residents which took place in various Institutions during the year. Of
the 569 Chelsea deaths registered in the Borough, 353 occurred in
Institutions within the Borough.
TABLE No. 9.
Chelsea Deaths in Hospitals and Institutions within the Borough. | Chelsea Deaths in Hospitals and Elsewhere Outside the Borough. | ||
General Hospitals | |||
St. Luke's Hospital and Institution | 3 | Mental Hospitals | |
Infectious Disease Hospitals | 4 | ||
St. Stephen's Hospital and Institution | |||
Tuberculosis Sanatoria, etc. | 5 | ||
St. George's Home for Tuberculosis | Nursing Homes | ||
Poor Law Institutions | |||
Miscellaneous | |||
Chelsea Hospital for Women | |||
Cheyne Hospital for Children | |||
Brompton Hospital | |||
Royal Hospital for Pensioners | 5 | ||
Royal Cancer Hospital | 3 | 154 | |
Victoria Hospital for Children | |||
168 | 55 |
Of the 1,287 deaths of non-residents registered in Chelsea, 1,277 occurred
in hospitals or Institutions within the Borough.