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ANNUAL REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
For the Year 1919.
POPULATION OF CHELSEA.
The population of the Borough may be assumed to be the same as in
1918, namely, 63,130, with the addition of 2,685 demobilised males of
military age, this being half the total number of men who served in the
military forces. The total population, therefore, was 65,815.
Births and Birth-Bate.
In 1919, 924 births were registered in the Borough. Excluding 148
births of non-parishioners, and including 98 births taking place amongst
Chelsea mothers in Lying-in Hospitals and Homes outside the Borough,
the total number of births for the year was 874, the corresponding figure
for 1918 being 790.
The birth-rate for the year was 13·3 per 1,000, which is 0.8 per
1,000 above the rate of 1918, but 5.9 per 1,000 below the rate of 1914.
There was a considerable increase in the number of births in the latter
half of 1919, the births in the 4 quarters being as follows:—1st quarter,
173; 2nd quarter, 154; 3rd quarter, 193; 4th quarter, 256.