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Strand (Westminster) 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Strand District, London]
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OF THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER.
Deaths.
The total number of deaths, after correction,* which were
registered as properly belonging to this District, during the year
was 437.
The total number of deaths, after correction,1 which were registered as properly belonging to this District, during the year was 437.
| Parish. | 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | 1900. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Anne, Soho | 202 | 203 | 231 | 185 | 205 | 210 | 189 |
| St. Clement Danes | 201 | 254 | 216 | 220 | 244 | 232 | 190 |
| St. Mary.le.Strand | 49 | 42 | 45 | 35 | 47 | 33 | 28 |
| St. Paul,Covent Garden | 33 | 37 | 38 | 40 | 23 | 32 | 26 |
| Precinct of the Savoy | 2 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Liberty of the Rolls | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| Strand District | 493 | 551 | 537 | 491 | 523 | 514 | 437 |
Upon the basis of the estimated population already referred to,
the death.rate for 1900 is 18.6 per thousand persons as compared
with 23.05 per thousand, the average rate for the preceding
ten years. The death.rates in the four quarters were as
follows:—
1st Quarter. 2nd Quarter. 3rd Quarter. 4th Quarter.
London 24.3 18.1 17.7 16.5
Strand 25.9 19.8 12.8 15.6
The London rate for the year was 18.3 per 1,000, being 1.3
per 1,000 below the decennial average.
* The correction above referred to consists in omitting all deaths which took
place in hospitals and kindred institutions within this district of persons not
properly belonging to it; and, on the other hand, of including every death of such
of its inhabitants as has occurred in hospitals, infirmaries, lunatic asylums, &c.
throughout the Metropolis generally, and also those of paupers belonging to the
several parishes of which the district is constituted, which have happened in the
workhouses of the Strand and Westminster Unions respectively.