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Illegitimate Births.—The following table shows the number of
illegitimate births and the percentage of the total births. In 1930,
170 such births were registered in Chelsea, and 31 inward transfers and
181 outward transfers were made by the Registrar-General. The nett
figure for the Borough is therefore 70, of which 38 were under observation
by the Health Visitors at the end of the year.
TABLE No. 7.
Number of Percentage of
Year. illegitimate births. total Births.
1926 73 8.5
1927 86 10.0
1928 73 9.1
1929 72 9.8
1930 70 8.8
Stillbirths.—During the year 31 stillbirths were registered in Chelsea,
20 being males and 11 females. Of these, stillbirths of non-parishioners
account for 13 (8 males and 5 females) and must be deducted. In addition,
there were 5 stillbirths amongst Chelsea mothers outside the Borough
(all males). The corrected number of stillbirths is, therefore, 23, which
represents a rate for the Borough of 0.36 per 1,000 of the population, as
compared with 0.56 for London as a whole.
MARRIAGES.
There were 642 marriages registered in the Borough during the year
(692 in 1929). The marriage rate (number of marriages per 1,000 of
Population) was 10-2. In the preceding year the marriage rate was
11.04.
DEATHS.
During the year 1,562 deaths were registered in Chelsea. Of these,
deaths of non-residents accounted for 960. In addition, there were
181 deaths of Chelsea residents in Institutions and elsewhere outside
the Borough. The total number of Chelsea deaths for the year was
therefore 783, equivalent to an annual death-rate of 12.5 per 1,000 of
Population.
, The death rate for England and Wales for 1930 was 11.4, a figure
1(lentical with that for London as a whole.
The following- tables are self-explanatory:—