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16.
Illegitimate Births.—The following table shows the number of
illegitimate births and the percentage of the total births. In 1931,
212 such births were registered in Chelsea, and 19 inward transfers and
154 outward transfers were made by the Registrar-General. The nett
figure for the Borough is therefore 77, of which 23 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.
1930 70 8.8
1931 77 10.5
Stillbirths.—During the year 32 stillbirths were registered in Chelsea,
20 being males and 12 females. Of these, stillbirths of non-parishioners
account for 16 (11 males and 5 females) and must be deducted. In
addition, there were 10 stillbirths amongst Chelsea mothers outside the
Borough (8 males and 2 females). The corrected number of stillbirths
is, therefore, 26, which represents a rate for the Borough of 0.45 per
1,000 of the population, as compared with 0.50 for London as a whole.
MARRIAGES.
There were 614 marriages registered in the Borough during the year
(642 in 1930). The marriage rate (number of marriages per 1,000 of
population) was 10.7. In the preceding year the marriage rate was
10.2.
DEATHS.
During the year 1,855 deaths were registered in Chelsea. Of these,
deaths of non-residents accounted for 1,203. In addition, there were
153 deaths of Chelsea residents in Institutions and elsewhere outside
the Borough. The total number of Chelsea deaths for the year was
therefore 805, equivalent to an annual death-rate of 14.1 per 1,000 of
population.
The death rate for England and Wales for 1931 was 12.3, and for
London, 12.4.