London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Chelsea 1944
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1944
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TABLE No. 10.
Deaths, Death Rates, Deaths in Wards and Seasonal Mortality.
| Year. | Deaths. | Death- Rate per 1,000 of Population. | Deaths in Wards. | Seasonal Mortality Rate. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hans Town. | Royal Hospital. | Church. | Cheyne. | Stanley. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | |||
| 1939 | 743 | 14.6 | 69 | 109 | 130 | 124 | 311 | 19.8 | 14.3 | 12.7 | 11.7 |
| 1940 | 851 | 22.0 | 67 | 93 | 159 | 163 | 369 | 23.3 | 16.4 | 19.3 | 28.9 |
| 1941 | 600 | 22.7 | 60 | 110 | 124 | 84 | 222 | 31.7 | 13.6 | 29.0 | 16.3 |
| 1942 | 502 | 18.3 | 62 | 60 | 81 | 78 | 221 | 23.0 | 18.1 | 14.1 | 18.0 |
| 1943 | 554 | 18.3 | 88 | 50 | 101 | 90 | 225 | 22.4 | 16.4 | 11.7 | 22.5 |
| 1944 | 572 | 18.4 | 62 | 84 | 88 | 60 | 278 | 31.1 | 14.4 | 14.3 | 13.6 |
| Average 10 years 1929-1930 | 797 | 13.6 | 96 | 131 | 135 | 131 | 304 | 17.7 | 12.9 | 10.8 | 13.0 |
| 1945 | 536 | 15.2 | 61 | 73 | 92 | 104 | 206 | 196 | 124 | 124 | 16.3 |
| 1946 | 550 | 12.0 | 81 | 69 | 119 | 80 | 201 | 150 | 105 | 10.8 | 11.8 |