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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TABLE No. 12.
Deaths of Chelsea Residents Registered during the Year 1938, Classified by Age and Cause.
(In accordance with Registrar-General's Return.)
YEAR | NETT DEATHS, WHETHER OCCURRING WITHIN OR WITHOUT THE BOROUGH. | YEAR | YEAR | YEAR | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AIL AGES | UNDER 1 YEARS | 1 AND UNDER 5 YEARS | 5 AND UNDER 15 YEARS | 15 AND UNDER 45 YEARS | 45 AND UNDER 65 YEARS | 65 YEARS AND UPWARDS | ||||
1942 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | |||||||
ALL CAUSES | 502 | 14 | 3 | - | 42 | 126 | 314 | 443 | 851 | 600 |
1. TYPHOID AND PARATYPHOID FS | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
2. CEREBRO - SPINAL FEVER | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - |
3. SCARLET FEVER | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
4. WHOOPING COUGH | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
5. DIPHTHERIA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - |
6. TUBERCULOSIS RESP. SYSTEM | 19 | - | - | - | 9 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 34 | 31 |
7. OTHER FORMS OF TUBERCULOSIS | 5 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
8. SYPHILITIC DISEASES | 8 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
9. INFLUENZA | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 20 | 12 | 8 |
10. MEASLES | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
11. AC POLIOMMELITIS ETC | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
12. AC. INF.ENCIPHALITIS | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - |
13. CANCER.BUCCAL CAVITY AND ŒSOPN (M) UTERUS (F) | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | 103 | 15 | 11 |
14. CANCER.STOMACH OF DUDOENUM | 15 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 13 | ||
15. CANCER OF BREAST | 8 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | |
16. CANCER OF OTHER SITES | 49 | - | - | - | 1 | 20 | 28 | 62 | 41 | |
17. DIABETES | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 13 | 5 | 3 |
18. INTRACRUNIAL VASCULAR LIBIONS | 33 | - | - | - | 1 | 10 | 22 | 38 | 42 | 31 |
19. HEART DISEASE | 129 | - | - | - | 1 | 14 | 111 | 246 | 204 | 141 |
20. OTHER DIS. CIRC. SYSTEM | 19 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 15 | 55 | 26 | 20 |
21. BRONCHITIS | 26 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 31 | 38 |
22. PNEUMONIA | 38 | 4 | - | - | 2 | 6 | 26 | 39 | 45 | 40 |
23. OTHER RESPIDISEASES | 10 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
24. ULCER - STOMACH - DUODENUM | 5 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 10 |
25. DIARRHŒA, UNDER 2 YEARS | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
26. APPENDICITIS | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 8 | 3 | 3 |
27. OTHER DIGESTIVE DIS. | 15 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 10 |
28. NEPHRITIS | 19 | - | - | - | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 13 |
29. PUERPERAL SEPSIS | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - |
30. OTHER MATERNAL CAUSES | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
31. PREMATURE BIRTH | 8 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 3 | 4 |
32. CONG. MALE BIRTH INJURES INFANT DISEASES | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | 4 | 5 |
33. SUICIDE | 6 | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 3 |
34. ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 1 | |
35. OTHER VIOLENT CAUSES | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 209 | 91 | ||||
36. ALL OTHER CAUSES | 44 | 4 | 11 | 29 | 60 | 44 | 32 | |||
502 | 14 | 3 | - | 42 | 126 | 314 | 443 | 851 | 600 |