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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
the Sanitary Districts of London from the 1891 Census returns
and gives the figure 1.11857 as the factor by which the death
rate of the Strand District should be multiplied in order that it
may be properly compared with the rest of the country. (The
recorded death rate for all London requires similarly to be
multiplied by 1.0656.)
The relative rates of mortality of the sexes will be seen in the accompanying Table; the number of deaths of males in
| TABLE III. | Deaths of Males per 1,000 male inhabitants. | Comparative Mortality figure. | Deaths of Females per 1,030 female inhabitants. | Comparative Mortality figure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In London during 10 years, 1881-90 | 22.03 | 100 | 18.77 | 85 |
| „ Strand District, 1896 | 24.84 | 112 | 18.62 | 84 |
| „ St. Anne Sab-District | 21.21 | 96 | 16.61 | 75 |
| ,, Strand Sub-District | 28.35 | 128 | 20.5 | 93 |
London is taken as 100 in order to allow comparison to be
the more readily made. Lest it should be thought that the excess
of deaths in the Strand Sub-District is due to deaths of infants,
I have also calculated out the comparative figures after deduction
of such deaths and corresponding population, and find on the
contrary that while in St. Anne's the comparative figure is but
little affected, in the Strand Sub-District it is raised to 146 for
males and 113 for females.
Births.
The total number of births registered in the District was
569. This has to be corrected by the addition of 12 births in
Poland Street Workhouse, and 4 in Edmonton Workhouse, while
7 births in Bear-yard Workhouse have to be placed to the
credit of St. Martin-in-the Fields parish, leaving a total of 578
births. The birth-rate is thus 23.36 per 1,000 inhabitants, as
against 24.83 in 1895. The birth-rate in London for 1896 was
30.2 per 1,000.