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Chelsea 1944

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1944

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Table: INFANT MORTALITY.

INFANT MORTALITY.

19391940,1941194219431944.
Deaths of Infants under 1 yr. of age17159173221
INFANT MORTALITY RATE (under 1 yr. of age per 1,000 live births)334038507050
The causes of death in the various age groups are set out in table No.15:-

Table: TABLE No. 15.

TABLE No. 15.

1944Under 1 week.1-2 weeks.* . 2-3 weeks.3-4 weeks.Total under 4 weeks.4 weeks and under 3 months3-6 months.6-9 months.9-12 months.Total deaths193919401941194219431944194519461947
Deaths under 4 weeksTotal death under one yearDeaths under 4 weeksTotal death under one yearDeaths under 4 weeksTotal death under one yearDeaths under 4 weeksTotal death under one yearDeaths under 4 weeksTotal death under one yearDeaths under 4 weeksTotal death under one yearDeaths under 4 weeksTotal death under one yearDeaths under 4 weeksTotal death under one year
Small pox---------------------------
Chicken pox---------------------------
Measles-----------------------1---
Scarlet Fever---------------------------
Whooping Cough---------------------------
Diphtheria-----------1---------------
Cerebro-Spinal Fever-----------1-------------1-
Influenza-------------1-----1-------
Erysipelas--------------------------
Tuberculous Meningitis-----------1---------------
Abdominal Tuberculosis---------------------------
Other Tuberculous Diseases-------------------------1-
Meningitis--------------------------
Convulsions-------------------1-------
Laryngitis---------------------------
Bronchitis-----------1-1---2-1---1-1-
Pneumonia-----12--32413---4-6-31432-
Diarrhoea and Enteritis-----213-6-111-1-2-6-6-228-
Gastritis .--------------------------
Syphilis----------------11---------
Rickets---------------------------
Suffocation-----11--2--------11-212-1-
Injury at Birth---------------------------
Atelectasis------------------11--3322-
Congenital Malformations3---3----322--33--35332338-
Premature Birth6---7----75533448899774464-
Atrophv, Debility and Marasmus-----------124-----1---2---
Other causes------------1211--------322-
91--1044321917815899171432102111251836-

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Nett Births registered during the calendar year Legitimate 519
Illegitimate 55
Nett Deaths (under 1) registered during the calendar year Legitimate 33
Illegitimate 13