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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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ON THE SANITARY CONDITION OF
latter half of that period and is co-incident with the removal of
much insanitary property, and by the opening up of the District
produced by the formation of the broad thoroughfares of Charing
Cross Road and Shaftesbury Avenue. I look forward to a similar
improvement in the health of the Strand Sub-District when the
area which I represented in 1894 under the "Housing of the
Working Classes, Act," is re-constructed.
During the last year, of the 108 infantile deaths, 76 died before
the age of six months was reached and of these 25 died soon
after birth from debility and other causes. The other causes of
death were as follows:—
TABLE VII.
| Under 6 months. | Between 6 and 12 months. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Whooping Cough | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Diarrhœa | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| Tubercular Disease | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Syphilis | 2 | — | 2 |
| Convulsions and other Nervous Diseases | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| Diseases of Respiratory System | 12 | 8 | 20 |
| „ ,, Digestive ,, | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Septic causes | — | 1 | 1 |
| Parasitic Diseases | —_ | 1 | 1 |
| Dietic „ | — | 1 | 1 |
| Marasmus | 6 | — | 6 |
| Accidents and Injuries | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 51 | 32 | 83 |
As will be seen from the subjoined Table VIII. the deaths
among male infants were much higher than among females. The
female infantile death rate in the District approximates closely to
that of all London during the 10 years 1881-90, but while the
infantile male rate for London was 164, that in this District last
year was 237 per 1,000 births.