Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Thirty-ninth annual report on the sanitary condition of the Strand District, London, 1894
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Table of DEATHS during the Year 1894, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of STRAND, classified acccording 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. | 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 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | ||
Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhoea and Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Ague. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Injuries. | All other Diseases. | TOTAL. | |||||||||||||
{Columns for Population and Births are in Form B.) | |Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued | Relapsing | Puerperal. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
(a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | (h) | (i) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Strand District | 289 | 76 | 54 | 12 | 10 | 95 | 42 | Under 5 | 1 | 1 | - | 16 | 16 | 3 | - | - | - | 34 | - | 5 | 54 | 130 | ||||||||
5 upwds | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 30 | 48 | 17 | 6 | 55 | 159 | ||||||||||||||||||
Strand Union Casual Wards, Bear Yard | 12 | 2 | - | - | - | 6 | 4 | Under 5 | - | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
5 upwds | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
King's College Hospital | 192 | 29 | 34 | 11 | 18 | 90 | 4 | Under 5 | 7 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 22 | - | 2 | 26 | 63 | |||||||||
5 upwds | 2 | 6 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 15 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 68 | 129 | |||||||||||||||||
Hospital for Women, Soho Square | 9 | - | - | - | 1 | 7 | 1 | Under 5 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
5 upwds | 1 | 8 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. Peter's Hospital | 11 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 5 | Under 5 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
5 upwds | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lock Hospital, Dean Street | 2 | 2 | - | Under 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 upwds | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. John's Hospital | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | Under 5 | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||
5 upwds | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home Hospital, Dean Street | 2 | 1 | 1 | Under 5 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 upwds | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hospital for Diseases of the Heart, Soho Square | 8 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | Under 5 | - | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 upwds | 1 | - | 7 | - | - | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
TOTALS | 527 | 107 | 88 | 26 | 30 | 218 | 58 | Under 5 | - | 1 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | 18 | 5 | - | - | - | 56 | - | 7 | 82 | 195 |
5 upwds | - | — | 3 | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 48 | 59 | 44 | 18 | 152 | 332 |
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 | 170 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 96 | 45 | Under 5 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 7 | 17 |
5 upwds | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 35 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 65 | 153 | ||||||||
Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto | 204 | 20 | 25 | 12 | 20 | 113 | 14 | Under 5 | — | — | 5 | -- | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | - | 1 | 22 | 45 |
5 upwds | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 14 | 9 | 27 | 8 | 95 | 159 |