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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF CHELSEA.
ANNUAL (ABRIDGED) REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
FOR THE YEAR 1945.
POPULATION Registrar-General's estimate of
civilian population 35>31C
LIVE BIRTHS Total M. F.
Legitimate 465 237 228 Birth rate per 1,000
Illegitimate 92 51 41 estimated civilian
557 288 269 population l5.8
STILL BIRTHS 15 6 9 Rate per 1,000 total
(live and still) births 26.2
DEATHS 536 264 272 Death rate per 1,000
estimated civilian
population 15.2
DEATHS FROM PUERPERAL CAUSES:-
Deaths Rate per 1.000 total (live
and still) births.
Puerperal Sepsis 1 1. 7
Other puerperal
causes 3 5. 2
DEATH RATE OF INFANTS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE:-
All infants per 1,000 live births 45
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 32
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 109
CLASSIFICATION OF DEATHS.
The causes of death (536) were as follows j~
Cerebro-spinal fever 2 Other respiratory diseases 6
Diphtheria 1 Ulceration of stomach or
Tuberculosis (respiratory) 27 duodenum 5
Other forms of tuberculosis 2 Diarrhoea (under 2 years) 2
Syphilitic disease 3 Appendicitis 4
Influenza 3 Other digestive diseases 10
Measles 3 Nephritis 11
Cancer-various sites 92 Maternal causes 4
Diabetes 1 Premature Birth 4
Intra-cranial vascular Congenital malformations,
lesions 51 birth injuries,etc., 11
Heart Disease 140 Suicide 4
Other diseases of the Road Traffic Accidents 7
circulatory system 18 Other violent causes 32
Bronchitis 34 All other causes 30
Pneumonia 29
(It is noteworthy that 59 per cent of all deaths occurred in
persons over 65 years of age).
INFANT MORTALITY (Under 1 year of age). [
The causes of deaths (25) were as follows:-
Measles 1 Diarrhoea 2
Other diseases of the Premature birth 4
circulatory system 1