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Strand (Westminster) 1899
Annual report on the statistics and sanitary condition relating to Strand District, London for the year 1899
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THE STRAND DISTRICT, LONDON.
formance of Vaccination in those parts of the above Unions included in the Strand District for the year 1898.
| 1898. | Births. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible. | Died Unvaccinated. | Vaccination Postponed. | Removed and Address not known. | Removed and V. 0. informed. | Conscientious Objection. | Remaining. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Anne | 259 | 199 | 1 | 23 | – | 25 | 4 | 7 | – |
| Strand | 236 | 140 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| Totals | 495 | 339 | 4 | 51 | 14 | 59 | 7 | 10 | 11 |
Principal Diseases of the Zymotic Class.
The Registrar-General classifies small-pox, scarlet fever,
measles, diphtheria, whooping-cough, "fever" (typhus, enteric
and continued), and diarrhoea under this heading. The Zymotic
death-rates for London and the Strand District were 2.46 and
1.37 respectively per 1,000 of the population (See Tables IV.
and "VII.) Compared with the averages in the ten preceding
years, the mortality in London from small-pox, diphtheria,
whooping-cough, scarlet fever and "measles" was below the
average, while that from enteric fever and diarrhoea was above it.
Schools and Infectious Disease.— Certificates have been
forwarded to me by most of the school teachers in the District,
relating to children who have been excluded from school on
account of infectious disease existing in their homes, and chiefly
from this source I have ascertained the existence of 38 cases of
Measles, 1 of Whooping Cough, 7 of Mumps and 3 of Chickenpox.
It is desirable, in the interest alike of the ratepayers, the teachers
and school managers, that the Medical Officer should be kept
informed of the existence of infectious disease.
Measles.—No cases came to my knowledge till the middle of
1899; then the following appeared during the rest of the year:—
B