Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1942.

  • Chelsea (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
1942
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Credit: Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1942. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    13 Total M. F. Still Births 11 9 2 Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births Deaths 502 247 255 Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resi dent population 18. 3 Deaths from Puerperal Causes :— Deaths. Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births. Puerperal Sepsis 1 2.8 Other Puerperal Causes 0 0.0 Total 1 2.8 Death rate of Infants under one year of age :— 1939. 1940. 1941 1942 All infants, per 1,000 live births 33 40 3 8 50 Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 33 41 4O 41 Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live birt 41 26 29 106 Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 103 106 7 6 79 Deaths from Measles (all ages) - - - 1 Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) — Deaths from Diarrhcea (under 2 years of age) 1 1 2 BIRTHS. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF BIRTHS OF CHELSEN RESIDENTS The following Tables are self-explanatory:— TABLE No. 3. Registered Births. [##]Legitimate and Illegitimate Births. * 1939 1940 141 1942 Births Registered in the Borough 310 169 98 181 951 Births of Non-Parishioners 119 35 31 94 531 191 134 44 84 420 Births of Chelsea Mothers in Lying in Hospitals and elsewhere out side of the Borough 348 294 259 255 244 Next Chelsea Births 539 128 306 342 664
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