[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea].

  • Chelsea (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1952?]
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    9 CENSUS - 1951 The following table has been extracted from the Registrar-General's preliminary report on the Census taken throughout England and Wales on 8th April, 1951. It should be noted that the Registrar-General has estimated the mid-1951 population of Chelsea to be 52,430, and this figure has been used in the annual report for statistical purposes. District Area (Acres) Population Population: Increase or Decrease Since 1931 Persons Males Females LONDON Administrative County 74,850 3,348,336 1,568,360 1,779,976 - 1,048,667 Metropolitan Boroughs: 74,173 3,343,068 1,565,769 1,777,299 - 1,042,936 BATTERSEA 2,163 117,130 54,885 62,245 - 42,422 BERMONDSEY 1,503 60,661 29,907 30,754 - 50,881 BETHNAL GREEN 760 58,374 27,643 30,731 - 49,820 CAMBERWEL 4,480 179,729 84,749 94,980 - 71,565 CHELSEA 660 50,912 21,192 29,720 - 8,119 DEPTFORD 1,564 75,694. 36,774 38,920 - 31,197 FINSBURY 587 35,347 16,938 18,409 - 34,541 FULHAM 1,706 122,047 56,717 65,330 - 28,881 GREENWICH 3,858 91,492 45,477 46,015 - 9,432 HACKNEY 3,287 171,337 80,902 90,435 - 43,996 HAMMERSMITH 2,287 119,317 57,234. 62,083 - 16,206 HAMPSTEAD 2,265 95,073 39,766 55,307 + 6,126 HOLBORN 406 24,806 11,264 13,542 - 14,054 ISLINGTON 3,092 | 235,64.5 111,301 124,34 - 86,150 KENSINGTON 2,290 168,054 72,127 95,927 - 12,623 LAMBETH 4,083 230,105 109,724 120,381 - 66,042 LEWISHAM 7,015 227,551 106,919 120,632 + 7,598 PADDINGTON 1,357 125,281 57,258 68,023 - 19,642 POPLAR 2,331 73,544 36,201 37,343 - 81,545 ST. MARYLEBONE 1,473 75,764 31,663 44,101 - 21,863 ST. PANCRAS 2,694 138,364 66,191 72,173 - 59,769 SHOREDITCH 658 44,885 21,671 23,214 - 52,157 SOUTHWARK 1,132 97,191 47,419 49,772 - 74,504 STEPNEY 1,766 98,581 48,610 49,971 - 126,657 STOKE NEWINGTON 864 49,137 23,423 25,714 - 2,071 WANDSWORTH 9,107 330,328 151,423 178,905 - 22,782 WESTMINSTER 2,503 98,895 46,061 52,834 - 30,684 WOOLWICH 8,282 147,824 72,330 75,494 + 943 CITY OF LONDON (County Corporate) 677 5,268 2,591 2,677 -5,731