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The notifications, therefore, formed 100 per cent. of the total live
births of Chelsea residents registered in the Borough, as compared with
89 per cent. in 1918, 93 per cent. in 1917, and 91 per cent. in each of the
years 1915, 1916.
The number of births notified by midwives in 1919 was 46 per cent.
of the total, as against 43 per cent, in 1918.
Illegitimate Births.
Total number of illegitimate births 66
Alive at end of year 47
Dead at end of year 6
Unaccounted for 18
Maternity and Child Welfare.
There were 76 deaths of infants under one year of age in 1919,
equivalent to an Infant Mortality Rate of 87 per 1,000 Births.
The rates in recent years have been as follows:—1918, 91; 1917, 82;
1916, 91; 1915, 100; 1914, 67.
The following tabular statement gives an outline of the work carried
on in Chelsea during 1919, the visits being those paid by the trained and
paid officers of the Borough Council (one whole-time Health Visitor, one
part time), and the Chelsea Health Society and School for Mothers (one
whole time officer), and does not include work done by voluntary workers
attached to the Society.

As compared with 1918, there were 547 more infant attendances at
Infant Consultations in 1919; 194 more attendances of children of 1 year
to school age at medical inspections; 120 more ante-natal case attendances
at the ante-natal clinic, whilst the ante-natal home visits were increased