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Chelsea 1895

Annual report for 1895 of the Medical Officer of Health

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ANNUAL REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH,
For 1893.
Section I.-STATISTICAL.
POPULATION OF CHELSEA.
The estimated population of Chelsea to the middle of the year
1895 is 99,929. The estimated population of each sub-district is as
follows:—
Chelsea North 41,200
Chelsea South 33,921
Kensal Town 24,808

Table: BIRTHS AND BIRTH-RATE FOR 1895. Table I. gives the births and birth-rate per 1,000 per annum in each district of Chelsea, in the whole parish, and in London. Table I.

BIRTHS AND BIRTH-RATE FOR 1895. Table I. gives the births and birth-rate per 1,000 per annum in each district of Chelsea, in the whole parish, and in London. Table I.

Number of Births.Birth-rate per 1,000.
Chelsea North1,18828.93
Chelsea South84024.85
Kensal Town69528.11
Whole Parish2,72327.34
London133,71530.55

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In 1891 the birth-rate of Chelsea was 29.1; in 1892 it was 28.7;
in 1893 it was 29.2; and in 1894 it was 27.4.
DEATHS AND DEATH-RATE FOR 1895.
The total number of deaths registered in the parish was 2,002.
Of this total 323 were deaths, within the district, of non-parishioners—
chiefly occurring in the hospitals in the parish; and 241 deaths of
parishioners of Chelsea occurred outside the district in various public
institutions. There were, therefore, 1,920 deaths of parishioners of
Chelsea. These 1,920 deaths are equivalent to a death-rate for the
year of 19.28 per 1,000. The death-rate of all London for the
year was 19.86.