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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) 1896

Annual report on the statistics and sanitary condition relating to Strand District, London for the year 1896

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THE STRAND DISTRICT, LONDON.

Table: TABLE VI.Showing Locality at time of Death.

TABLE VI.

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.MalesFemales.Males and Females.
St. Anne Soho85711814269—224131100231
Strand6655724632221381179127306
Strand District15112690605831i5105310227537

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Deaths under 1 year of Age.—108 infants died in 1896 as
compared with 105 in 1895, 96 in 1894. Compared with the
number of births in the year, there were 186 deaths per 1,000
births. The London rate was 161 per 1,000 births.
As the number of deaths at this age is looked upon to a
certain extent as an index of the healthiness of a district, it is
important to observe that the central districts of London have
always had to record a high mortality figure. Thus while the
average of the last 30 years for all London has been 157, that for
the same period for the Strand District has been 230, for St.
Anne's 229, and for the Strand Sub-District 235. During that
period however, while the rate for London as a whole has remained
almost stationary, the rate for this District has materially improved;
thus during the four ten-yearly periods since the Board was
constituted, the rates have been respectively 257, 253, 229 and 209;
this improvement has however been mainly due to the marked
improvement which has taken place in the St. Anne Sub-District
where the rate has fallen from 265 per 1,000 births to 189.
Further examination into the figures for the St. Anno Sub-District
for the last 30 years, shows that the decrease is confined to the