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 1945
Annual (abridged) report on the health of the Borough during 1945
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STATISTICS. YEAR 1942.
| AREA | 660 acres. | ||
| POPULATION. (Not available for publication). | |||
| LIVE BIRTHS:- | Male. | Female. | Total. |
| legitimate | 148 | 147 | 295 |
| Illegitimate | 29 | _18 | 47 |
| 177 | 165 | 342 | |
| STILLBIRTHS. | Male. | Female. | Total. |
| 9 | 2 | 11 | |
| (Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births = 31.l). | |||
| DEATHS. | Male. | Female. | Total. |
| 247 | 255 | 502 | |
| DEATHS FROM PUERPERAL CAUSES:— | |||
| Deaths. | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still )births. | ||
| Puerperal Sepsis | 1 | 2.8 | |
| Other Puerperal causes | - | - | |
| INFANT MORTALITY. | Male. | Female. | Total. |
| 8 | 9 | 17 | |