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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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Table of DEATHS during the Year 1895. in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of STRAND, classified according to Disease Ages, and Localities.
| Names ok 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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| At all ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and | 15 and | 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 | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough | Diarrhoea 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strand District | 289 | 79 | 31 | 6 | 7 | 117 | 49 | Under 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | — | — | 2 | 27 | 6 | 52 | 110 | ||||||||||
| — | 2 | 5 | - | 1 | - | 2 | — | — | 30 | 63 | 24 | 5 | 47 | 179 | ||||||||||||||||
| Strand Union Casual Wards, Beak Yard | 26 | 2 | — | - | — | 19 | 5 | - | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5 | - | 6 | 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| King's College Hospital | 254 | 29 | 31 | 14 | 30 | 135 | 15 | Under | 5 | 1 | - | - | 4 | - | - | 1 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 60 | |||||||||
| 5 upwds | 8 | - | - | 2 | 23 | 20 | 28 | 15 | 98 | 194 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hospital for Women, Soho Square | 19 | - | - | - | 2 | 16 | 1 | Under 5 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds | 1 | 18 | 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. Peter's Hospital | 10 | 8 | 2 | Under 5 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds | 10 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lock Hospital, Dean Street | 1 | 1 | - | Under 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. John's Hospital .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | _ | Under 5 | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home Hospital, Dean Street | 1 | 1 | Under 5 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hospital for Diseases of the Heart, Soho Square | 9 | — | — | 2 | 7 | Under 5 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds | 1 | 6 | - | 2 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Royal Ear Hospital | 1 | - | 1 | Under 5 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds | - | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TOTALS | 612 | 110 | 63 | 21 | 42 | 304 | 72 | Under 5 | - | 8 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | — | — | 3 | 46 | 1 | 11 | 85 | 179 | |
| 5 upwds | - | - | 2 | - | - | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 2 | - | 66 | 113 | 70 | 20 | 221 | 511 | ||||||||