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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea]
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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS
1939 - 1949 (inclusive)
| Year | Reg. Genl's Estimate of Population. | births | DEATHS | deaths under one year | maternal deaths | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. + | Rate | No. + | Rate | No. + | Rate | No. + | Rate | ||
| 1939 | 55,400 | 539 | 9.7 | 743 | 14.6 | 17 | 33 | 1 | 1.9 |
| 1940 | 38,700 | 428 | 11.0 | 851 | 22.0 | 15 | 40 | 3 | 7.8 |
| 1941 | 26,470 | 306 | 11.6 | 600 | 22.7 | 9 | 38 | — | — |
| 1942 | 27,430 | 342 | 12.5 | 502 | 18.3 | 17 | 50 | 1 | 2.8 |
| 1943 | 30,330 | 459 | 15.1 | 554 | 18.3 | 32 | 70 | 1 | 2.1 |
| 1944 | 30,990 | 416 | 13.4 | 572 | 18.4 | 21 | 50 | 1 | 2.4 |
| 1945 | 35,310 | 557 | 15.8 | 536 | 15.2 | 25 | 45 | 4 | 6.9 |
| 1946 | 45,740 | 816 | 17.8 | 550 | 12.0 | 36 | 44 | 1 | 1.2 |
| 1947 | 51,000 | 968 | 19.0 | 611 | 12.0 | 43 | 44 | — | — |
| 1948 | 50,890 | 883 | 17.4 | 597 | 11.7 | 35 | 40 | — | — |
| 1949 | 51,990 | 875 | 16.8 | 588 | 11.1 | 23 | 26 | — | — |
Corrected figures after allowing for inward
and outward transfers.
DEATHS
| Causes of Death | AGE at death | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At All Ases. | Under1 year | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 45 | 45 and under 65 | W5 and upwards | |
| 1. Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2.Cerebro-spinal fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3.Scarlet fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4.Whooping cough | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5. Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6.Tuberculosis of respiratory system. | 14 | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| 7.Other forms of tuberculosis | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 8. Syphilitic diseases | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — |
| 9. Influenza | 9 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 10. Measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11. Acute poliomyelitis and polio encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12. Acute infectious oncephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| C/F | 28 | 1 | — | — | 8 | 8 | 11 |