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Chelsea 1903

Annual report for 1903 of the Medical Officer of Health

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ANNUAL REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
For 1093.
Section I.-STATISTICAL.
POPULATION OF CHELSEA.
The census popululation of the Borough of Chelsea for the year
1901 was 73,842.
The estimated population of the Borough for 1903 is 74,169; the
population of each sub-district being as follows : —
Chelsea North 42,702
Chelsea South 31,467

BIRTHS AND BIRTH-RATE FOR 1903. Table I.

Number of Births.Birth-rate per 1,000.
Males.Females.Total.
Chelsea North42242484619.9
Chelsea South31435667021.4
Chelsea7367801,51620.5
London....130,90628.5

In 1902 the birth-rate of Chelsea Borough was 22.4 per 1,000, and
in 1901 22.1 per 1,000. The average birth-rate of the Home District
of Chelsea Parish for the 5 years 1896-1900 was 24.1 per 1,000. The rate
for 1903—20.5, is the lowest yet recorded.
DEATHS AND DEATH-RATE FOR 1903.
The total number of deaths registered in the Borough was 1579.
Of this number 615 were deaths, within the Borough, of nonparishioners—chiefly
occurring in hospitals and in the St. George's
Infirmary ; and 167 deaths of parishioners of Chelsea occurred outside