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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
Strand (Westminster) 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Strand District, London]
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APPENDIX.
THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER. For Strand District.
| Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Deaths under One Year of Age. | Deaths at all Ages. Total. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | Deaths of Nonresidents registered in District. | Deaths of Residents registered beyond District. | Deaths at all Ages. Nett. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate per 1.000 Births registered. | Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate.* | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1890 | 26,300 | 560 | 21.29 | 138 | 246 | 685 | 26.0 | 229 | — | - | 654 | 24.82 |
| 1891 | 25,692 | 640 | 24.90 | 136 | 212 | 677 | 26.3 | 306 | — | — | 696 | 27.08 |
| 1892 | 25,493 | 590 | 23.14 | 125 | 211 | 674 | 26.4 | 259 | — | — | 640 | 25.10 |
| 1893 | 25,288 | 607 | 24.00 | 125 | 205 | 686 | 27.1 | 298 | 259 | 244 | 671 | 26.57 |
| 1894 | 25,084 | 556 | 22.16 | 96 | 172 | 527 | 21.0 | 215 | 204 | 170 | 493 | 19.65 |
| 1895 | 24,879 | 618 | 24.83 | 105 | 170 | 612 | 24.6 | 271 | 260 | 199 | 551 | 22.14 |
| 1896 | 24,673 | 578 | 23.36 | 108 | 186 | 550 | 22.2 | 260 | 229 | 216 | 537 | 21.71 |
| 1897 | 24,480 | 580 | 23.69 | 91 | 156 | 552 | 22.5 | 250 | 268 | 206 | 491 | 20.01 |
| 1898 | 24,400 | 542 | 22.21 | 86 | 158 | 539 | 22.1 | 264 | 236 | 220 | 523 | 21.43 |
| 1899 | 24,000 | 510 | 21.20 | 82 | 180 | 544 | 22.7 | 250 | 241 | 211 | 514 | 21.4 |
| Averages for years 1890-1899 | 25,028 | 578 | 23.09 | 110 | 190 | 604 | 24.1 | 260 | — | — | 577 | 23.04 |
| 1900 | 23,500 | 473 | 20.1 | 59 | 124 | 495 | 21.0 | 218 | 247 | 189 | 437 | 18.5 |
* Rates calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Note.—The deaths included in Column 7 of this table are the whole of those registered
during the year as having actually occurred within the district. The deaths included in
Column 12 are the number in Column 7, corrected by the substraction of the number in
Column 10 and the addition of the number in Column 11.
Area of District in acres (exclusive of area covered by water) 166
Total resident population at all ages 23,782
Number of inhabited houses 2,601 At Census
Average number of persons per house 9.1 of 1896