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Strand (Westminster) 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Strand]
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THE STRAND DISTRICT, LONDON.
Table shewing the Number of Births (Male and Female) occurring in the Strand District, and each of its Registration Sub-Districts, in the Fifty-two Weeks of the Year ending December 29th, 1895.
| Male. | Female. | Total. | Rate per 1,000 of Population in 1895. | Rate per 1,000 of Population in 1894, | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. St. Anne's Sub-District | 168 | 156 | 324 | 26.12 | 23.92 |
| 2. Strand Sub-District | 163 | 131 | 294 | 23.71 | 21.01 |
| 331 | 287 | 618 | 24.91 | 22.40 |
Deaths.
The total number of deaths, after correction,* which
were registered as properly belonging to this District,
during the year was 5.51, as compared with 493 recorded
during the preceding year. Upon the basis of the
estimated population already referred to, this is
equivalent to an annual death-rate of 22.2 per thousand
residents throughout the District, as compared with
19.8 per thousand, the corresponding number for the
whole Metropolis during the year. The death-rates in
the four quarters were as follows:—
| 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | 26.0 | 16.7 | 18.61 | 18.0 |
| Strand | 32.0 | 20.4 | 17.25 | 19.0 |
In Tables I. to V. in the Appendix are set forth the
various details concerning the deaths which have taken
place in the Strand and its Sub-Districts during the
* The correction above referred to consists in omitting all deaths which took
place in hospitals and kindred institutions within this district, of persons not
properly belonging to it; and, on the other hand, of including every death of such
of its inhabitants as has occurred in hospitals, infirmaries, lunatic asylums, &c.
throughout the Metropolis generally, and also those of paupers belonging to the
several parishes of which the district is constituted, which have happened in the
workhouses of the Strand and Westminster Unions respectively.