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Annual Report
of the
Medical Officer of Health
for the year 1922.
POPULATION OF CHELSEA.
The Registrar-General's estimated population for the middle of 1922
is 68,920. The actual census population in 1921 was 63,700.
Births and Birth-Rate.
In 1922, 1,038 births were registered in the Borough. Excluding
143 births of non-parishioners, and including 137 births taking place
amongst Chelsea mothers in Lying-in Hospitals and Homes outside the
Borough, the total number of births for the year was 1,032, the corresponding
figure for 1921 being 1,057, and for 1920, 1,392.
The birth-rate for the year was 16.1 per 1,000, as compared with
16.6 per 1,000 in 1921. The birth-rate of London for 1922 was 21.0 per
1,000, as compared with 22.8 per 1,000 in 1921.
Notification of Births.
Number.
Living Children 818
Still-born Children 20
888
Notified by Medical Practitioners 218
„ St. George's Hospital 48
„ Midwives 429
„ Chelsea Workhouse 81
„ Parents, etc. 80
851
Deduct dual notifications 13
838
Total number of Chelsea births registered in
the Borough 895
The notifications, therefore, formed 97 per cent. of the total births
of Chelsea residents registered in the Borough, as compared with 93 per