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population) was 11.04. In the preceding year the marriage rate was
10.5.
DEATHS.
The total deaths registered in the Borough during the year were 1,964.
Transferable deaths of non-residents registered in the Borough numbered
1,163, and are to be deducted. In addition, there were 182 deaths of
Chelsea residents in Institutions and elsewhere outside the Borough. The
nett Chelsea deaths were therefore 983 and the death rate was 15.7 per
1,000.
The death rate for England and Wales was 13.4, for London 13.8,
and the mean death rate for the 107 Great Towns was 13.7.
The number of nett deaths in the Borough and the corresponding
death rates were as shown in the following table:—

The seasonal mortality in the four quarters of 1929 was as follows:—
First quarter, 26.4; second quarter, 13.6; third quarter, 11.2; fourth
quarter, 11.6.
The 1921 Census Returns show that there is a considerably higher
percentage of persons of advanced age living in Chelsea than in any
other Metropolitan borough. In London generally 7.7 per cent, of
the total population are included in the age-group 55-65, and 5.8 per
cent, in the age-group 65 and upwards. In Chelsea 9-2 per cent, of the
total population come within the age group 55-65, while no less than
8-8 per cent, constitute the age-group 65 and upwards.
These facts must be borne in mind in any analysis of the Chelsea
mortality rate, as they are naturally reflected in the death returns.
Thus, in 1929, deaths of pensioners in the Royal Hospital, Chelsea,
accounted for 76 deaths, inward transfers included (equivalent to 1.2
of the death rate).
DEATHS IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
In tabular form is shown below the number of deaths of Chelsea
residents which took place in various Institutions during the year. Of
the 801 Chelsea deaths registered in the Borough 461 occurred in Institutions
within the Borough.