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

  • Strand (London, England). Board of Works.
Date:
[1899]
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    THE STRAND DISTRICT, LONDON. 11 TABLE VII. St. Anne's Sub.District. Strand Sub.District. The Strand District. Debility at Birth, &c. 10 8 18 Measles 2 1 3 Whooping Cough — 2 2 Diarrhoea 5 10 15 Tubercular Disease 2 7 9 Syphilis 2 — 2 Convulsions and other Nervous Diseases. 3 7 10 Diseases of Respiratory System ... 10 8 18 „ ,, Digestive „ 3 2 5 Marasmus — 2 2 Suffocation in bed with Parents ... 2 — 2 39 47 86 Causes of Death.—As in former years, deaths from diseases due to Tubercle (phthisis, scrofula, &c.), and from other diseases affecting the Respiratory System have occupied a prominent place. TABLE VIII. Death Rates from Groups of Diseases per 1,000 persons living in 1898. Diseases. Loudon. Strand District. St. Anne's Sub.District. d Sub.District. Principal Zymotic 2.77 1.84 1.40 2.29 Tubercular 2.48 4.22 2.89 5.57 Respiratory 3.27 4.67 3.47 5.90 Nervous 1.80 1.90 1.16 2.62 Heart and Bloodvessels 1.51 2.29 1.23 2.37 Constitutional 1.35 1.22 0.82 1.63 Digestive System 1.33 1.38 1.48 1.31 Debility at Birth 0.73 0.73 0.82 0.65 Old Age 0.56 0.98 0.74 1.22 Urinary Organs 0.53 0.56 0.33 0.82 Violence 0.78 0.56 0.82 0.32 Dietic 0.16 0.48 0.33 0.49 Septic 0.09 — — — Other Causes 0 .95 0.61 0.38 0.75 All Causes 18.3 21.43 16.87 25.94