Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1929
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TABLE No. 3. Births and Birth-rate.
Year. | Births. | Birth-rate per 1,000. | Birth-rate London. |
---|---|---|---|
1928 | 805 | 12.6 | 15.9 |
1929 | 736 | 11.7 | 15.7 |
TABLE No.4. Births in Wards.
Year. | Hans Town. | Royal Hospital. | Church. | Cheyne. | Stanley. | Total. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1928 | 103 | 79 | 125 | 130 | 368 | 805 |
1929 | 96 | 71 | 134 | 97 | 338 | 736 |
TABLE No.5. Notification of Births Act, 1907. Notification of Chelsea Births (Live and Stillborn) Received During the Years 1928 and 1929.
1928. | 1929. | |
---|---|---|
Living Children | 583 | 510 |
Still-born Children | 15 | 15 |
598 | 525 | |
Notified by Medical Practitioners | 144 | 128 |
„ St. George's Hospital, Extern. Department | 19 | 7 |
„ Midwives | 284 | 244 |
„ Chelsea Institution | 129 | 131 |
„ Parents, etc. | 22 | 15 |
598 | 525 | |
Percentage of notified births of Chelsea residents registered in the Borough | 95 | 95 |