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THE STRAND DISTRICT, LONDON.
Deaths under 1 year of age.—96 infants died in
1894, as compared with 125 in each of the two preceding
years; in other words there were 172 deaths
per 1,000 births as compared with 205 in each of the
two preceding years; the rate for London in 1894 was
144. Thirty per cent. of these deaths in this District
were due to zymotic diseases, 27 per cent. to diseases of
the respiratory system, and 17.7 to debility at birth. The
only causes of death in which there was an increase,
were tubercular disease and violence.
The number of deaths between the ages of 1 and 5
years are slightly below those of 1893.
I have on the charts appended shown in graphic form
the monthly and yearly death-rates for London and the
Strand for the years 1893 and 1894, with a note of the
causes raising the Strand rate above that of London.
While there is an improvement in the general deathrate
at all ages, the deaths are attributable to the same
groups of causes of death as in the preceding year, and
in similar proportions; thus we find that diseases of the
respiratory organs (excluding consumption) were responsible
for 24.8 per cent. of the total deaths; tubercular
diseases (consumption, &c.) for 18.7 per cent.;
and other zymotic or specific diseases for 13.7 per cent.
These three groups of diseases which are responsible for
more than half (57.3 per cent.) of all the deaths in this
District can be attributed in great measure to causes
which may be prevented.