Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1944
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TABLE No. 4.
Births, Birth- R ates, Births in Wards and Inward Transfer Births.
Year. | Births. | Birth-Hate Per 1,000 of Population | Births in Wards. | Inward Transfer Births. | ||||||||||
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Leg. | Illeg. | Total. | Hans Town. | Royal Hospital. | Church. | Cheyne. | Stanley. | Hospitals. | Nursing Homes. | Private Addresses. | 1 Total. | |||
1939 | 490 | 49 | 539 | 9.7 | 51 | 57 | 85 | 71 | 275 | 275 | 55 | 18 | 348 | |
1940 | 389 | 39 | 428 | 11.0 | 48 | 34 | 66 | 61 | 219 | 194 | 73 | 27 | 294 | |
1941 | 272 | 34 | 306 | 11.6 | 28 | 25 | 57 | 48 | 148 | 169 | 70 | 20 | 259 | |
1942 | 295 | 47 | 342 | 12.6 | 56 | 25 | 65 | 64 | 132 | 192 | 48 | 15 | 255 | |
1943 | 389 | 70 | 459 | 15.1 | 57 | 37 | 90 | 77 | 198 | 239 | 83 | 10 | 332 | |
1944 | 353 | 63 | 416 | 13.4 | 62 | 33 | 98 | 69 | 154 | 210 | 94 | 18 | 322 | |
Average 10 years 1929-1938 | 603 | 61 | 664 | 11.3 | 79 | 64 | 96 | 101 | 324 | 183 | 48 | 13 | 244 | |
1945 | 465 | 42 | 557 | 158 | 71 | 41 | 77 | 106 | 262 | 298 | 101 | 13 | 412 | |
1946 | 705 | 111 | 316 | 178 | 102 | 70 | 134 | 135 | 375 | 256 | 120 | 10 | 386 |