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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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Table of DEATHS during the Year 1900, in the STRAND S ub- D istrict, classified according to D iseases, A ges and L ocalities.
| Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities. ( Columns for Population and Births are in Form B.) | Mortality from all causes, at subjoined Ages. | Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing deaths of Children under Five Years of Age. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| At all ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25, | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 6 | 1 7 | 1 8 | 1 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | ||
| Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Typhus. | Fevers. | Puerperal. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhoea and Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Ague. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy. | Heart Disease | Injuries. | All other Di seases. | TOTAL. | |||||||||||
| Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued | |Relapsing, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (a) | (b) | (c | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | (h) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strand Sub-District | 105 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 50 | 26 | Under 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 25 | |||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds | 1 | 19 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strand Union Casual Wards, Bear Yard | 15 | 14 | 1 | Under 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| King's College Hospital | 205 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 117 | 17 | Under 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 41 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds | 8 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 26 | 11 | 88 | 164 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| St. Peter's Hospital | 20 | 18 | 2 | Under 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds | 1 | 19 | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| River Thames | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Under 5 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds | 5 | 5' | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TOTALS | 351 | 41 | 26 | 18 | 18 | 201 | 47 | Under 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 26 | 67 | |||||||||||||
| 5 upwds | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 42 | 36 | 19 | 137 | 284 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deaths occurring outside the district among persons belonging thereto | 119 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 63 | 50 | Under 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds | 1 | 1 | 24 | 25 | 11 | ] | 51 | 114 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto | 222 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 141 | 19 | Under 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 36 | |||||||||||||
| 5 upwds | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 25 | 16 | 101 | 186 | ||||||||||||||||||||