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Chelsea 1918
Annual (abridged) reports of the Medical Officer of Health, for the years 1917 and 1918
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ANNUAL (ABRIDGED) REPORT OF THE MEDICAL
OFFICER OF HEALTH
FOR THE YEAR
1918.
POPULATION OF CHELSEA.
The population of the Borough may be assumed to be the same as
in 1916 and 1917, namely, 63,130, the same deduction of 5,370 males of
military age serving with the forces being made as in the three preceding
years.
Births and Birth-Rate.
In 1918, 843 births were registered in the Borough. Excluding 139
births of non-parishioners, and including 86 births taking place amongst
Chelsea mothers in Lying-in Hospitals and Homes outside the Borough,
the total number of births for the year was 790, the corresponding figure
for 1917 being 936.
The notifications, therefore, formed 89 per cent. of the total births of
Chelsea residents registered in the Borough, as compared with 93 per cent.
in 1917, and 91 per cent. in each of the years, 1915, 1916.
| Notification of Births. | Number. |
|---|---|
| Living children | 606 |
| Still-born children | 21 |
| 627 | |
| Notified by Medical Practitioners | 202 |
| „ St. George's Hospital | 78 |
| „ Midwives | 272 |
| „ Chelsea Workhouse | 38 |
| „ Parents and other Persons | 50 |
| 640 | |
| Dual notifications—deduct | 13 |
| 627 | |
| Total number of Chelsea Births registered in the Borough | 704 |