Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea]
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34.Road traffic accidents | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
35.Other violent causes | 7 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
36.All other causes | 47 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 10 | 32 |
TOTAL - ALL CAUSES | 588 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 118 | 407 |
(It is noteworthy that 69 per cent. of all deaths
occurred in persons over 65 years of age)
INFANT MORTALITY (under 1 year of age)
The causes of deaths (23) were as follows:-
Males | Females | |
---|---|---|
Congenital malformations | 8 | 3 |
Diarrhoea | 1 | - |
Pneumonia | 2 | 1 |
Premature birth | 4 | 2 |
Whooping cough | - | 1 |
Other causes | 1 | - |
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
NOTIFICATIONS. The following table shows the total (corrected) number of cases of Infectious Diseases received during the year.
Disease | Under 1 year | 1 and under 5 yrs. | 5 and under 15 yrs. | 15 and under 25 yrs. | 25 and under 45 yrs. | 45 and under 65 yrs. | 65 and upwards | TOTALS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | 1 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 37 |
Whooping Cough | 14 | 72 | 37 | - | - | - | - | 123 |
Poliomyelitis | - | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 14 |
Measles | 20 | 170 | 100 | 2 | 8 | 2 | - | 302 |
Diphtheria | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | 1 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
Cerebro-spinal fever | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
Food Poisoning | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Scabies | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Pneumonia, Influenzal | - | 3 | - | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 20 |
Pneumonia, Primary | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | 10 |
Dysentery | - | 6 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | 10 |
Paratyphoid Fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Tuberculosis ,Pul. | 1 | - | 5 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 65 |
" Non-Pul. | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2_ |
TOTALS | 38 | 274 | 174 | 35 | 52 | 31 | 12 | 616 |