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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Chelsea 1955
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1955
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spastic children - Contd.
Consideration of the work carried out to date shows that the need is
both obvious and urgent, and great encouragement is being received from the
knowledge that the public is maintaining a steady interest in the efforts
of all at the Centre. It is indeed pleasing to note that the centre is
supported by a resolute and energetic voluntary body known as the Friends
of the Centre for Spastic Children, the individual members of which are
largely resident in Chelsea, including many well-known figures in the life
of the Borough.
CHILD POPULATION At mid-1955, it was estimated that 8,540 children under the age of fifteen years were residing in the Borough, constituted of the following age groups:-
| Under 1 year of age | 710 |
| 1 to 4 years (inclusive) | 2,640 |
| 5 to 14 years (inclusive) | 5,190 |
| 8,540 |
a figure which represents approximately one-sixth of the whole population
of the area (51,450).