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Strand (Westminster) 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Strand]
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XXII
APPENDIX.
the highest death rates, and in these parishes the areas which
formed the subject of the representation, thus:—
Death-rate per 1,000 estimated Population.
| Parish. | 1893. | 1894. | 1895. | Average. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Clement Danes | 32.75 | 23.8 | 31.67 | 29.4 |
| St. Mary-le-Strand | 39.24 | 31.4 | 26.9 | 32.5 |
From the subjoined Table X, it will be seen that the average deathrate
in the Represented Area during the five years ending 1895 is
3771 per 1,000, being 13.6 above the average for the whole Strand
Sanitary District and 17.7 above that for all London. It also
exceeds the average rate for the southern part of the Strand
District by 9.7. Moreover, on an analysis of the population and
a comparison of the numbers who have died at each group of ages
with the numbers dying in the same periods in all London, it appears
that the actual number of deaths in the district are double the
number which ought to take place.
| General Death-rate. | Average of 5 years. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | ||
| London | 21.4 | 20.4 | 20.9 | 17.7 | 19.8 | 20.00 |
| Strand District | 26.75 | 25.09 | 26.59 | 19.87 | 22.2 | 24.10 |
| The Area | 34.18 | 35.84 | 44.83 | 39.03 | 34.67* | 37.71 |
| Sub-Area A | 41.40 | 32.92 | 38.92 | 41.32 | 38.1* | 38.53 |
| Sub-Area B | 22.85 | 39.5 | 50.52 | 25.91 | 30.3 | 33.77 |
| Sub-Area C | 30.17 | 40.18 | 47.62 | 41.36 | 30.9 | 38.05 |
* Omitting population and deaths in connection with Common Lodging-Houses,
the Death-rate for 1895 would be 33.2 for the whole Area and 37.5 for Sub-Area A.
From the above Table, an average of 15 deaths per year are omitted of persons
whose exact residence in the Area is unknown.