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Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea.
ANNUAL (ABRIDGED) REPORT of the MEDICAL
OFFICER OF HEALTH
FOR THE YEAR
1917.
POPULATION OF CHELSEA.
There appears to have been no marked change in the population of
the Borough so the population for the middle of the year 1917 may be
assumed to be the same as in 1916, namely, 63,130. The same deduction
of 5,370 males of military age serving with the forces has been made as
in 1915 and 1916.
Births and Birth-Rate.
In 1917, 979 births were registered in the Borough. Excluding 105
births of non-parishioners, and including 82 births taking place amongst
Chelsea mothers in Lying-in Hospitals and Homes outside the Borough,
the total number of births for the year was 936, the corresponding figure
for 1916 being 1,096.
The birth-rate for the year was 14.8 per 1,000, which is 2.6 per 1,000
below the rate of 1916.