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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) 1895

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Strand]

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8
ON THE SANITARY CONDITION OF

Table: The London rate was 165 per 1,000 births, and exceeded by 12 the average rate in the ten preceding years.

The London rate was 165 per 1,000 births, and exceeded by 12 the average rate in the ten preceding years.

Deaths under 1 year per 1,000 Births Registered.
1891.1892.1893.1894.1895.
Sub-districts:—
St. Anne194219175142148
Strand234207241205192
Sanitary District of Strand2122112051721699
All London167164164143165

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The number of deaths of children below 5 years of
age is a little less than in 1894, while between the ages
of 5 and 25 the number of deaths is exactly the same in
the two years. Between 25 and 65, however, there is
an increase from 201 to 243, and of persons above 65
there is an increase from 89 to 110. It will be
observed from Table III. in the Appendix that this
increase was confined to the Southern part of the
District, and that it was chiefly among females.
When we come to consider the diseases which have
contributed to the mortality table for 1894, we find that
27.5 per cent, of the deaths were due to influenza, and
diseases of the respiratory system (excluding pulmonary
phthisis), 18.2 per cent, to tubercular diseases, 13 per
cent, to other zymotic or specific diseases, 10 per cent,
to diseases of the nervous system, 5.8 per cent, to
diseases of the digestive organs, leaving 18 per cent,
attributable to all other diseases.