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Annual Report
of the
Medical Officer of Health
for the year 1921.
POPULATION OF CHELSEA.

Whilst the female population is practically the same in 1921 as in
1911 there has been a decrease in the male population of 2,661, which
is presumably the result of the wastage of the great war. The number
of males of military age who served with the military and naval forces
was 5,370, so that the wastage has been 50 per cent. The estimated
population for the middle of 1921 is 64,290 (Registrar-General's estimate).
Births and Birth-Rate.
In 1921, 1,072 births were registered in the Borough. Excluding
143 births of non-parishioners, and including 128 births taking place
amongst Chelsea mothers in Lying-in Hospitals and Homes outside the
Borough, the total number of births for the year was 1,057, the corresponding
figure for 1920 being 1,392.
The birth-rate for the year was 16.6 per 1,000, which is 3.7
per 1,000 below the rate for 1920. The birth-rate of London for 1921
was 22.3 per 1,000, as compared with 26.5 per 1,000 in 1920.