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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) 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Strand District, London]

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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS.
Area of the Strand District (exclusive of water)
Strand portion 113 acres
St. Anne's „ 53 „
66 acres.
Population, estimated to the
middle of 1898:—
Strand portion 12,250
St. Anne's „ 12,150
24,400
Birth.Rate 21.14 per 1,000
Death.Rate 21.43 „
Death.Rate, multiplied by " factor
for correction," according to age and
sex in the population (1.11857) 23.97 „
Strand Portion:—
Birth.rate 19.59 per 1,000
Death.rate 25.94 „
St. Anne's Portion:—
Birth.rate 22.63 „
Death.rate 16.87 „
Birth.Rate of England and Wales 29.5
Do. average of 10 years, 1888.97 30.5 „
Birth.Rate of London 29.4 ,,
Do. averageof 10 years, 1888.97 30.9 „
Death.Rate of England and Wales 17.6 „
Do. average of 10 years, 1888.97 18.4 „
Death.Rate of London 18.3 „
Do. averageof 10 years, 1888.97 19.3 „
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