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Strand (Westminster) 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Strand District, London]
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THE STRAND DISTRICT, LONDON.
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Death Rates in the Groups of Metropolitan Districts in 1898, compared with those in the Strand.
| Districts, | All Causes. | ANNUAL RATE PER 1,000 PERSONS LIVING. | Deaths under 1 year to 1,000 Births | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths from | |||||||||||
| Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Small.Pox. | Measles. | | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Fever. | ! ; Diarrhoea. | Phthisis. | |||
| O'OO | |||||||||||
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Note.—Where the deaths under any heading are too few to express as a rate
per 1,000 within two places of decimals, O'OO is inserted; where no
deaths have occurred, it is expressed thus —.
The Strand District forms one of the Central Group.
Appended to this Report (pp. 46.9) are Tables A and B
required by the Local Government Board, together with Tables
showing the causes of death in the Strand District, and in each
of its Sub.Districts at various groups of ages, and distinguishing
males and females.