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It will be observed that the number of births of Chelsea Infants in
Hospitals and elsewhere outside Chelsea accounted for 21.2 per cent, of
the total births. In the preceding year the percentage was 24. 8 per cent.
Chelsea births in Hospitals outside the Borough were distributed
during the year as follows :—St. George's Hospital, 53 ; Queen Charlotte's
Hospital, 21 ; Clapham Maternity Hospital, 5; General Lying-in
Hospital, Lambeth, 9 ; Charing Cross Hospital, 3 ; Royal Free Hospital,
5 ; St. Thomas' Hospital, 3 ; Westminster Hospital, 5 ; City of London
Maternity Hospital, 4 ; Miscellaneous Hospitals, 9.
Chelsea births in Hospitals and Maternity Homes within the Borough
during the year numbered 159. These were distributed as follows : —St.
Luke's Hospital, 122; Ormond Maternity Home, 33; St. Stephen's
Hospital, 4.
Illegitimate Births. The following Table shows the number of illegitimate
births and the illegitimate birth rate per 1,000 births. In 1927,
135 such births were registered in Chelsea, and 29 inward transfers and
78 outward transfers were made by the Registrar General. The nett
figure for the Borough is therefore 86.

MARRIAGES.
There were 690 marriages registered in the Borough during the year
(602 in 1926). The marriage rate (number of marriages per 1,000 of
population) was 10.8. In the preceding year the marriage rate was 9.1.
DEATHS.
The total deaths registered in the Borough during the year were 1,698
Transferable deaths of non-residents registered in the Borough numbered
967, and are to be deducted. In addition, there were 170 deaths of Chelsea
residents in Institutions and elsewhere outside the Borough. The nett
Chelsea deaths were therefore 901 and the death rate was 14.1 per 1,000.
The death rate for England and Wales was 12.3, for London 11.9,
and the mean death rate for the 107 Great Towns was 12.2.