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Chelsea 1941
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1941
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Annual Report
on the
Health of the Metropolitan Borough
of Chelsea.
Year ending 3 1st December, 1941.
SECTION I.—STATISTICS AND SOCIAL
CONDITIONS OF THE BOROUGH.
GENERAL STATISTICS.
TABLE No. 1.
| Area | (acres) 660 |
|---|---|
| Resident Population:—Registrar-General's estimate, 1941 | 26,470 |
| Number of Inhabited Houses (end of 1941) according to Rate Books | 11,767 |
| Rateable value, October, 1941 | £1,225,438 |
| Sum represented by a penny rate, October, 1941 | £3,492 |
POPULATION IN WARDS.
(Census 1931.)
Males. , Females. Total.
Cheyne 3,349 5,430 8,785
Church 4,390 5,929 10,319
Hans Town 2,901 5,839 8,S00
Royal Hospital 2,550 4,833 7,383
Stanley 10,690 13,048 23,744
23,946 35,085 59,031
(Note.—All vital Statistics given in this Report are calculated on the
Resident Population of the Borough as Estimated by the RegistrarGeneral
for 1941, viz., 16,410)