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Chelsea 1896

Annual report for 1896 of the Medical Officer of Health

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ANNUAL REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
For 1896.
Section I..STATISTICAL.
POPULATION OF CHELSEA.

Table: The population of Chelsea at the census of 1896 was 96,646, The population of each sub.district was as follows:—

The population of Chelsea at the census of 1896 was 96,646, The population of each sub.district was as follows:—

Chelsea North42,057
Chelsea South33,139
Kensal Town21,450

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The estimated population of Chelsea to the middle of the year 1896
is 96,666.

Table: Table I. gives the births and birth.rate per 1,000 per annum in the home district and in Kensal Town, in the whole parish, and in London. Table I.

Table I. gives the births and birth.rate per 1,000 per annum in the home district and in Kensal Town, in the whole parish, and in London. Table I.

Number of Births.Birth.rate per 1,000.
Home District1,99926.2
Kensal Town65229.9
Whole Parish2,65127.0
London135,79630.2

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In 1895 the birth.rate of the home district was 27.1, and of
Kensal Town 32.4, the birth.rate of the whole parish being 28'3.
DEATHS AND DEATH.HATE FOR 1896.
The total number of deaths registered in the parish was 1,903.
Of this total 305 were deaths, within the district, of non.parishioners—
chiefly occurring in the hospitals in the parish; and 251 deaths of
parishioners of Chelsea occurred outside the district in various public
institutions. There were, therefore, 1,849 deaths of parishioners of
Chelsea. These 1,849 deaths are equivalent to a death.rate for the
year of 18.83 per 1,000.