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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) 1893
Thirty-eighth annual report on the sanitary condition of the Strand District, London
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134 ON THE SANITARY CONDITION OF
Table shewing the Number of Deaths , at Four several Periods of Life, taking place in the Strand District during the Years 1891, 1892 and 1893 respectively.
| DEATHS AT AGES BELOW. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages | 5 Years and under. | Between 5 and 25 Years. | Between 25 and 65 Years. | Above 65 Years. | |
| Year 1891 | 696 | 206 | 44 | 301 | 145 |
| „ 1892 | 610 | 221 | 43 | 268 | 108 |
| „ 1893 | 671 | 203 | 33 | 308 | 127 |
| Percentage of the total Deaths:— | |||||
| Year 1891 | 29.5 | 6.3 | 43.3 | 20.9 | |
| „ 1892 | 34.5 | 6.7 | 41.9 | 16.9 | |
| „ 1893 | 30.2 | 4.9 | 45.9 | 18.9 | |
Deaths under 1 year of age.—The same number of
infants—viz , 125—died in 1893 as in 1892; but as the
births were more numerous in 1893, the deaths per
1,000 births—viz., 205—is less by 7 than that in 1892.
This is, however, an excessive rate compared with that
of London, viz., 164. The causes of these deaths were
similar to those of 1892, except in regard to zymotic
diseases, where deaths from diarrhoea replace those
from measles.
This excessive infant mortality has been in existence
for many years, and, as I pointed out in my last
report, was prevalent over all the Central London
Districts. It must be taken as a sign of the general
unfitness of such districts for residential purposes and