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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF CHELSEA.
ANNUAL (ABRIDGED) REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
for the year 1944.'
POPULATION. Registrar-General's estimate of
civilian population, mid - 1944 30.990
Total. M. F.
LIVE. BIRTHS.
Legitimate 353 186 167 Birth rate per 1,000
Illegitimate 63 37 2-6 estimated civilian
416 223 193 population 13.4
STILL BIRTHS. 7 2 5 Rate per 1,000 Total
(live and still
births) 16.5
DEATHS. .572 279 293 Death rate per 1,000
estimated civilian
population 18.4
DEATHS FROM PUERPERAL CAUSES -
Deaths. Rate per 1,000 total
(live and still births).
Puerperal Sepsis 1 2.4
Other puerperal causes
DEATH RATE OF INFANTS UNDER CNE YEAR OF AGE:-
All infants "per 1,000 live births 50
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 42
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 95
CLASSIFICATION OF DEATHS.
The causes of deaths (572) were as follows:-
Corebro-spinal fever 2 Other respiratory diseases 5
Tuberculosis (respiratory) 30 Ulceration of Stomach or
Other forms of duodenum 7
Tuberculosis 4 Diarrhoea (under 2 years) 6
Syphilitic disease 6 Other digestive diseases . 12
Influenza' 2 Nephritis 8
Cancer - various sites 71 Maternal causes 1
Diabetes 6 Premature birth 7
Intra-cranial vascular Congenital malformations,
lesions 44 birth injuries, etc. 5
Heart Disoase 131 Suicide 4
Oc.ft.or diseases of' the Road Traffic accidents 3
circulatory system 11 Othor violent causes 114
Bronchitis 29 All other causes 34
Pneumonia 30
INFANT MOLALITY. (Under 1 year of age).
The causes of deaths (21) were as follows:-
Pneumonia 3 Diarrhoea 6
Premature births 7 Congenital malformations 3
Other violent causes.. 2
NOIXFICATION OF BIRTHS. The total number of notified Chelsea birtl
including still births, from all sources was 360. Of this number,
72 were notified by midwives.