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Chelsea 1900

Annual report for 1900 of the Medical Officer of Health

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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
For 1900.
Section I.-STATISTICAL.
POPULATION OF CHELSEA.
The estimated population of the Parish of Chelsea for the year
1900 is 96,990. The estimated population of each sub-district is as
follows:—
Chelsea North 42,417 75, 882
Chelsea South 33,405
Kensal Town 21,168
BIRTHS AND BIRTH-RATE FOR 1900.
Table I. gives the births and birth-rate per 1,000 per annum in
the homo district and in Kensal Town, in the whole Parish, and in
London.

Table: Table I.

Table I.

Number of Births.Birth-rato per 1,000.
Home District1,67422.1
Kensal Town57127.0
Whole Parish2,24523.1
London130,86828.5

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In 1899 the birth-rate of the home district was 235, and of
Kensal Town 28.8, the birth-rate of the whole parish being 24.7.
The birth-rate of Chelsea for last year (23.l) is the lowest recorded.
Table VII. shews the steady decline in the birth-rate of the parish
during the past 10 years.
DEATHS AND DEATH-RATE FOR 1900.
The total number of deaths registered in the parish was 1,802. Of
this total 277 were deaths, within the district, of non-parishioners—
chiefly occurring in the hospitals of the parish; and 213 deaths of