Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1934.

  • Chelsea (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
1935
Catalogue details

Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Credit: Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1934. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    15/90 (page 13)
    13 Total M. F. Still Births 26 12 14 Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 39.6 Deaths 779 419 360 Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resi dent population 13.4 Deaths from Puerperal Causes:— Deaths. Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births. Puerperal Sepsis — — Other Puerperal Causes 3 4.5 Total 3 4.5 Death rate of Infants under one year of age:— All infants, per 1,000 Live Births 65 Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 56 Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 164 Deaths from Measles (all ages) 8 Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) 4 Deaths from Diarrhœa (under 2 years of age) 7 BIRTHS. During the year 884 births were registered in Chelsea. Of these, births of non-parishioners account for 544. In addition, there were 290 births amongst Chelsea mothers in Lying-in Hospitals and else where outside the Borough. The total number of Chelsea Births for the year was therefore 630, equivalent to an annual birth-rate of 10.8 per 1,000 of population. The birth-rate for England and Wales in 1934 was 14.8, while that for London as a whole was 13.2. The following Tables are self-explanatory:— TABLE No. 3. Registered Births. Legitimate. Illegitimate. Total. Male. Female. Male. Female. Births Registered in the Borough 413 351 51 69 884 Births of Non-Parishioners 235 204 47 58 644 178 147 4 11 340 Births of Chelsea Mothers in Lying in Hospitals and elsewhere out side of the Borough 127 123 18 22 290 305 270 22 33 630 Nett Chelsea Births 575 55 630