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Chelsea 1904
Annual report for 1904 of the Medical Officer of Health
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ANNUAL REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
For 1904.
Section I.-STATISTICAL.
POPULATION OF CHELSEA.
The census population of the Borough of Chelsea for the year
1901 was 73,842.
The estimated population of the Borough for 1904 is 74,329; the the population of each sub-district being as follows:—
| Chelsea North | 42,794 |
| Chelsea South | 31,535 |
BIRTHS AND BIRTH-RATE FOR 1904.
Table I.
| Number of Births. | Birth-rate per 1,000. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total. | ||
| Chelsea North | 393 | 424 | 817 | 19.2 |
| Chelsea South | 379 | 351 | 730 | 23.2 |
| Chelsea | 772 | 775 | 1,547 | 20.9 27.9 |
| London | . . | . . | 129,335 | |
In 1903 the birth-rate of Chelsea Borough was 20.5 per 1,000, in
1902, 22.4 per 1,000, and in 1901, 22.l per 1,000. The average
birt-rate of the Home District of Chelsea Parish for the 5 years
1896-1900 was 24.1 per 1,000.
DEATHS AND DEATH-RATE FOR 1904.
The total number of deaths registered in the Borough was 1682.
Of this number 612 were deaths, within the Borough, of non
parishioners—chiefly occurring in hospitals and in the St. George's
Ifirmry; and 152 deaths of parishioners of Chelsea occurred outside