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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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THE STRAND DISTRICT, LONDON.
Table iv . shewing the Number of Births (Male and Female) occurring in the Strand District,and each of its Sub-Districts, in the Tear ending December 31st, 1896.
| Male. | Female | Total. | Rate per 1,000 of Population in 1896. | Average Rate per 1,000 in the 5 years 1891-95. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. St. Anne's SubDistrict | 143 | 149 | 292 | 23.89 | 25.55 |
| 2. Strand Sub-District | 144 | 142 | 286 | 22.85 | 22.00 |
| 287 | 291 | 578 | 23.36 | 23.812 |
Deaths.
The total number of deaths, after correction,* which were
registered as properly belonging to this District, during the year
was 537, as compared with 551 recorded during the preceding
year. Upon the basis of the estimated population already
referred to, this is equivalent to an annual death-rate of 21.71
per thousand persons throughout the District, as compared with
23.81 per thousand, the average rate for the preceding five years.
The death-rates in the four quarters were as follows:—
1st Quarter.
2nd Quarter.
3rd Quarter.
4th Quarter.
London
19.2
17.4
18.4
17.7
Strand
22.8
21.7
18.4
21.7
* The correction above referred to consists in omitting all deaths which took
place in hospitals and kindred institutions within this district of persons not
properly belonging to it; and, on the other hand, of including every death of such
of its inhabitants as has occurred in hospitals, infirmaries, lunatic asylums, &c.
throughout the Metropolis generally, and also those of paupers belonging to the
several parishes of which the district is constituted, which have happened in the
workhouses of the Strand and Westminster Unions respectively.