Annual report for 1895 of the Medical Officer of Health.

  • Chelsea (London, England). Parish. Vestry.
Date:
1896
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Credit: Annual report for 1895 of the Medical Officer of Health. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    4 The following Table II. gives the death-rates of Chelsea and of London during the past 12 years:— Table II. Year. Chelsea. London. Death-rate per 1,000. Death-rate per 1,000. 1884 21.4 20.8 1885 22.7 20.3 1886 21.6 20.5 1887 22.0 20.3 1888 19.6 19.3 1889 18.6 18.3 1890 20.4 21.5 1891 21.0 21.4 1892 20.8 20.4 1893 20.0 21.3 1894 16.4 17.8 1895 19.3 19.9 The larger mortality in 1895 over that which characterised 1894, is in part attributable to the return of influenza in the early part of the past year, with its concomitant increase in deaths from diseases of the respiratory organs, and to the warmth of the summer season, when diarrhoeal diseases were unusually prevalent and fatal. The corrected death-rate of Kensal Town for 1895 was 14.6 per 1,000, as against 12.5 per 1,000 in 1894. The corrected death-rate of the home district (Chelsea, north and south) was 20.8 per 1,000, as against 17.6 per 1,000 in 1894. Zymotic death-rate.—The death-rate in Chelsea from the seven principal zymotic diseases was 2.66 per 1,000 in 1895, the corresponding rate for London generally being 2.64 per 1,000. In 1891, the zymotic death-rate in Chelsea was 2.0 per 1,000; in 1892 it was 3.1 per 1,000; in 1893 it was 3.0 per 1,000; and in 1894 it was 2.5 per 1,000. Table III.—For the Year 1895. Birth-rate per 1,000. Death-rate per 1,000. Zymotic death-rate. Influenza death-rate. Phthisis death-rate. Other tubercular diseases death-rate. Respiratory diseases death-rate. Deaths under 1 year to 1,000 births. Percentage of deaths under 5 to total deaths. Chelsea 27.3 19.3 2.66 0.68 1.91 0.34 4.54 170 36.7 London 30.5 19.9 2.64 0.49 1.82 0.80 4.22 166 40.4