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ANNUAL REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
For 1914.
Section I.—STATISTICAL.
POPULATION OF CHELSEA.
The estimated population of the Borough for the middle of the year
1914 is 67,400. An increase of 1,000 over the estimated population of 1913
has been assumed, as a considerable proportion of the population of Sutton
Dwellings came into occupation in 1914, and new houses have become
tenanted on the Vale Estate.

The above Table relates to births registered in the Borough. Excluding
56 births of non-parishioners, and including 75 births taking place amongst
Chelsea mothers in Lying-in Hospitals and Homes outside the Borough,
the total number of births for the year is 1,292, the corresponding figure
for 1913 being 1,210.
The birth-rate for 1914 is 19.2 per 1,000. The average birth-rate
of the Borough for the years 1901-13 is 21.0 per 1,000. The average birthrate
of the Home District of Chelsea for the 5 years, 1896-1900, was 24.1
per 1,000. The rate for 1914 is rather higher than the rate for 1913, which
was the lowest on record ; and this is due to the new population in Sutton
Dwellings, which contributed 97 births during the year 1914.
The birth-rate for London in 1914 was 24.6 per 1,000.