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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.
67 in General and Special Hospitals; thus 49.6 per cent. of
the deaths of residents occurred in Public Institutions (37
in St. Anne, 59 2 in Strand Sub.District); 29 1 per cent. of the
deaths in all London were under similar circumstances.
Deaths in the Strand District, 1900. Showing Locality at time of Death.
| Registration Sub.District. | Sub. Districts. | Workhouses and Infirmaries. | General and Special Hospitals. | Fever Hospitals. | Lunatic Asylums. | Totals. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | Males | Females. | Males and Females. | |
| St. Anne Soho | 72 | 47 | 18 | 10 | 24 | 14 | 1 | — | i | 2 | 116 | 73 | 189 |
| Strand | 53 | 47 | 59 | 49 | 13 | 16 | 3 | — | 3 | 5 | 131 | 117 | 248 |
| Strand District | 125 | 94 | 77 | 59 | 37 | 30 | 4 | — | 4 | 7 | 247 | 190 | 437 |
Causes of Death.—As in former years, deaths from diseases
due to Tubercle (phthisis, scrofula, &c.), and from diseases affecting
the Respiratory System occupy a prominent place.
Tubercular disease killed 3.91 per 1,000 of the population
in the Strand District in 1900, while for all London the rate was
only 2.45. In St. Anne's the rate was 3.3, and in the Strand
Sub.District it was as much as 4.5. The phthisis rates bear
similar proportions. These rates are below the average in
St Anne's but above it in the Strand Sub.District. (See p. 30
of Special Report, 1855.1900.) 21 per cent. of the total deaths
were due to some form of tubercular disease.
Respiratory Diseases.—Except in the first quarter of the year
when Influenza was prevalent, the death.rate from diseases of the
respiratory organs was below the average, yet more than one.fourth
of the total deaths were registered under this heading.