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

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Birth-Rates :— For 1900. Average of 10 years, 1890-99.)

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Table I. shewing the corrected Number of Births (Male and Female) occurring in the Strand District, and each of its Sub-Districts, in the Year ending December 31st, 1900.

	Male.	Female.	Total.	Rate per 1,000 of Population in 1900.	Average Rate per 1,000 in the 10 years 1890-99.

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The total number of deaths, after correction, 1 which were registered as properly belonging to this District, during the year was 437.

Parish.	1894.	1895.	1896.	1897.	1898.	1899.	1900.

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TABLE I. Death Rates in the Groups of Metropolitan Districts in 1900, compared with those in the Strand.

LONDON.	ANNUAL RATE PER 1,000 LIVING.			Small.Pox.	Measles.	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.	Whooping Cough.	Typhus.	Enteric Fever.	Simple and Undefined Fever,	Diarrhoea	Phthisis.	Deaths of Children under 1 year of age per 1,000 Births.
LONDON.	Births.	Deaths.	principal Zymotic Diseases.	Small.Pox.	Measles.	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.	Whooping Cough.	Typhus.	Enteric Fever.	Simple and Undefined Fever,	Diarrhoea	Phthisis.	Deaths of Children under 1 year of age per 1,000 Births.

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TABLE II. Deaths in the Strand District, 1900. Showing Locality at time of Death.

Registration Sub.District.	Sub. Districts.		Workhouses and Infirmaries.		General and Special Hospitals.		Fever Hospitals.		Lunatic Asylums.		Totals.
Registration Sub.District.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males	Females.	Males and Females.

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TABLE III. Cases notified per 1,000 resident population in 1900.

Disease.	London.	Strand.	St. Anne Sub-District.	Strand Sub-District.

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TABLE IV. Infectious Diseases notified, 1890—1900. In London.

Year.	Small Pox.	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria and Croup.	Enteric Fever.	Typhus Fever.	Other Continued Fevers.	Puerperal Fever.	Erysipelas	Cholera.	Relapsing Fever.	Totals.

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TABLE V. Cases of Infectious Diseases notified during the year 1900, in the Strand District, and during the months of November and December in the portion added.

Notifiable Diseases.	Cases notified in the Strand District.							Total Cases notified in each Sub-District.			Number of Cases removed to Hospital.
	At all Ages.	At Ages-Years						Strand.	St. Anne.	Added portion.	Strand.	St. Anne.	Added portion.	Totals.
	At all Ages.	0 to 1	1 to 5	5 to 15	15 to 25	25 to 65	65 and upwards	Strand.	St. Anne.	Added portion.	Strand.	St. Anne.	Added portion.	Totals.

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I am indebted to Mr. J. 11. Penfold and Mr. W. C. Hasted&gt; Vaccination Officers respectively of Westminster Union and Strand Union, for the subjoined details relating to the performance of Vaccination in those parts of the above Unions included in the Strand District for the year 1899.

1899.	Births.	Successfully Vaccinated.	Insusceptible.	Died Unvaccinated.	Vaccination Postponed.	Removed and Address not known.	Removed and V. O. informed.	Conscientious Objections.	Remaining.

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In addition to the compulsorily notifiable diseases, I have also obtained information from school teachers and others, of the existence of cases of Measles, Whooping Cough, Mumps, and Chickenpox, distributed as follows:—

	St. Anne's Sub-District.	Strand Sub-District.	Portion of St. Giles.	Total.

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During the year, the number of dead bodies received into the mortuaries in the Strand District were as follows:—

1899.	Total number of Bodies.	After Infectious Disease.	Post-mortem examinations made.

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The street markets have been inspected every day (including Sundays) and the following list shows the kind and quantity of the food-stuffs which has been condemned during the year :—

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TABLE VI. THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER. For Strand District.

Year.	Population estimated to Middle of each Year.	Births.		Deaths under One Year of Age.		Deaths at all Ages. Total.		Deaths in Public Institutions.	Deaths of Nonresidents registered in District.	Deaths of Residents registered beyond District.	Deaths at all Ages. Nett.
Year.	Population estimated to Middle of each Year.	Number.	Rate.*	Number.	Rate per 1.000 Births registered.	Number.	Rate.*	Deaths in Public Institutions.	Deaths of Nonresidents registered in District.	Deaths of Residents registered beyond District.	Number.	Rate.*
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13

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TABLE VII. THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER. Births and Deaths in the Strand District and its Sub-Districts.

Names of Localities.	1.—THE STRAND DISTRICT.				2.—STRAND SUB-DISTRICT.				3.—ST. ANNE'S SOB-DISTRICT.
Year.	Population estimated to middle of each Year.	Births registered.	Deaths at all Ages.	Deaths under 1 year.	Population estimated to middle of each Year.	Births registered.	J Deaths at all Ages.	Deaths under 1 year.	Population estimated to middle of each year.	Births registered.	Deaths at all Ages.	Deaths under 1 year.
	a.	b.	c.	d.	a.	b.	c.	d.	a.	b.	c.	d.

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TABLE VIII. SUMMARY OF CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE STRAND DISTRICT IN 1900.

CAUSES OF DEATH.	Total Deaths	AGE AT TIME OF DEATH.																				REGISTRATION SUB-DISTRICTS.				Totals.
		Under 1 year.		1 to 5		5 to 15		15 to 25		25 to 35		35 to 45		45 to 55		55 to 65		65 to 75		75 and up.		St. Anne.		Strand.		Totals.
		Males	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.

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Local Government Board. Form A. TABLE IX. SUMMARY OF TABLES and showing DEATHS during the Year 1900, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of STRAND, classified acccording to Diseases Ages , and Localities.

Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutionsbeing shown as separate localities. (Columns for Population and Births are in Form b.)	Mortauty from all causes, at subjoined Ages.								Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
	At all ages.	Under 1 year.	1 and under 5.	5 and under 15.	15 and under 25.	25 and under 65.	65 and upwards.		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
									Smallpox.	Scarlatina.	Diphtheria.	Membranous Croup.	Fevers.					Cholera.	Erysipelas.	Measles.	Whooping Cough.	Diarrhœa and Dysentery.	Rheumatic Fever.	Ague.	Phthisis.	Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy.	Heart Disease.	Injuries.	All other Diseases.	total.
													Typhus.	Enteric or Typhoid.	Continued	Relapsing	Puerperal.
(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)	(f)	(g)	(h)	(i)					Typhus.	Enteric or Typhoid.	Continued	Relapsing	Puerperal.

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The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality.

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Local Government Board. Form A. TABLE IXa. Table of DEATHS during the Year 1900, in the STRAND S ub- D istrict, classified according to D iseases, A ges and L ocalities.

Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities. ( Columns for Population and Births are in Form B.)	Mortality from all causes, at subjoined Ages.							Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
	At all ages.	Under 1 year.	1 and under 5.	5 and under 15.	15 and under 25,	25 and under 65.	65 and upwards.	1	2	3	4	5	1 6	1 7	1 8	1 9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
								Smallpox.	Scarlatina.	Diphtheria.	Membranous Croup.	Typhus.	Fevers.			Puerperal.	Cholera.	Erysipelas.	\| Measles.	Whooping Cough.	Diarrhoea and Dysentery.	Rheumatic Fever.	Ague.	Phthisis.	Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy.	Heart Disease	Injuries.	All other Di seases.	TOTAL.
													Enteric or Typhoid.	Continued	\|Relapsing,
(a)	(b)	(c	(d)	(e)	(f)	(g)	(h)						Enteric or Typhoid.	Continued	\|Relapsing,

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L ocal Government Board. Form A . TABLE IXb. Table of DEATHS during the Year 1900, in the ST. ANNE'S Sub-District, classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities. (Columns for Population and Births are in Form B.)	Mortality from all causes, at subjoined Ages.							Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
	At all ages.	Under 1 year.	1 and under 5.	5 and under 15.	15 and under 25,	25 and under 65.	65 and upwards.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
								Smallpox.	Scarlatina.	Diphtheria.	Membranous Croup.	Fevers.					Cholera.	Erysipelas.	Measles.	Whooping Cough.	Diarrhoea and Dysentery.	Rheumatic Fever.	Ague.	Phthisis.	Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy.	Heart Disease	Injuries.	All other Di seases.	TOTAL.
												Typhus.	Enteric or Typhoid.	Continued	Relapsing.	Puerperal.
(a)	(b)	(c	(d)	(e)	(f)	(g)	(h)						Enteric or Typhoid.	Continued	Relapsing.

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Local Government Board. Form B. TABLE X. Table of POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1900 (52 weeks) in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of STRAND, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.	Population at all Ages.		Registered Births.	Aged under 5 or over 5.	New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health.												Number of such cases removed from their homes in the several Localities for treatment in Isolation Hospital.
	Census1896.	Estimated to I middle of 1899.			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	19	10	11		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
					Smallpox.	Scarlatina.	Diphtheria.	Membranous Croup.	Fevers.					Cholera.	Erysipelas.	TOTALS.	Smallpox.	Scarlatina.	Diphtheria. j	Membranous Croup.	Fevers.					Cholera.	Erysipelar.	TOTALS
									Typhus.	Enteric or Typhoid.	Continued.	Relapsing.	Puerperal.								Typhus.	Enteric or Typhoid.	Continued.	Relapsing.	Puerperal.
(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)					Typhus.	Enteric or Typhoid.	Continued.	Relapsing.	Puerperal.								Typhus.	Enteric or Typhoid.	Continued.	Relapsing.	Puerperal.

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Birth-Rates :— For 1900. Average of 10 years, 1890-99.)

Table I. shewing the corrected Number of Births (Male and Female) occurring in the Strand District, and each of its Sub-Districts, in the Year ending December 31st, 1900.

The total number of deaths, after correction, 1 which were registered as properly belonging to this District, during the year was 437.

TABLE I. Death Rates in the Groups of Metropolitan Districts in 1900, compared with those in the Strand.

TABLE II. Deaths in the Strand District, 1900. Showing Locality at time of Death.

TABLE III. Cases notified per 1,000 resident population in 1900.

TABLE IV. Infectious Diseases notified, 1890—1900. In London.

TABLE V. Cases of Infectious Diseases notified during the year 1900, in the Strand District, and during the months of November and December in the portion added.

I am indebted to Mr. J. 11. Penfold and Mr. W. C. Hasted&amp;gt; Vaccination Officers respectively of Westminster Union and Strand Union, for the subjoined details relating to the performance of Vaccination in those parts of the above Unions included in the Strand District for the year 1899.

In addition to the compulsorily notifiable diseases, I have also obtained information from school teachers and others, of the existence of cases of Measles, Whooping Cough, Mumps, and Chickenpox, distributed as follows:—

During the year, the number of dead bodies received into the mortuaries in the Strand District were as follows:—

The street markets have been inspected every day (including Sundays) and the following list shows the kind and quantity of the food-stuffs which has been condemned during the year :—

TABLE VI. THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER. For Strand District.

TABLE VII. THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER. Births and Deaths in the Strand District and its Sub-Districts.

TABLE VIII. SUMMARY OF CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE STRAND DISTRICT IN 1900.

Local Government Board. Form A. TABLE IX. SUMMARY OF TABLES and showing DEATHS during the Year 1900, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of STRAND, classified acccording to Diseases Ages , and Localities.

The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality.

Local Government Board. Form A. TABLE IXa. Table of DEATHS during the Year 1900, in the STRAND S ub- D istrict, classified according to D iseases, A ges and L ocalities.

L ocal Government Board. Form A . TABLE IXb. Table of DEATHS during the Year 1900, in the ST. ANNE'S Sub-District, classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

I am indebted to Mr. J. 11. Penfold and Mr. W. C. Hasted> Vaccination Officers respectively of Westminster Union and Strand Union, for the subjoined details relating to the performance of Vaccination in those parts of the above Unions included in the Strand District for the year 1899.