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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
Wandsworth 1896
Report on the health and sanitary condition of the several parishes comprised in the Wandsworth District during the year 1896
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Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
Non-Zymotic Diseases were the cause of 198 deaths.
COMPARATIVE TABLE OF NON-ZYMOTIC MORTALITY.
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constitutional. | Gout and Rheumatism | .. | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. |
| Cancer and other Tumours | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 12 | |
| Phthisis | 17 | 28 | 23 | 22 | 26 | 16 | 20 | 16 | |
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | |
| Other Constitutional Diseases | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Local. | Nervous | 32 | 34 | 23 | 37 | 31 | 20 | 28 | 28 |
| Circulatory | 17 | 18 | 22 | 19 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 25 | |
| Respiratory | 30 | 42 | 43 | 55 | 53 | 29 | 57 | 42 | |
| Digestive | 19 | 26 | 29 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 21 | 31 | |
| Urinary | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| Generative | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Locomotory | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
| Integumentary | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |
| Developmental. | Premature Birth and Low Vitality | 12 | 26 | 10 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 9 |
| Congenital Defects | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | |
| Old Age | 8 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 8 | |
| Violence | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 8 | |
| All other Diseases | 5 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 2 | •• | .. | 1 | |
Cancer and
other Tumours.
Twelve deaths resulted from these diseases.
The average during the last 8 years was 8.5.
The tendency is for these diseases to increase.
Phthisis.
Sixteen deaths were registered. The average
during the last eight years was 21. It is
very satisfactory to find that the deaths from this
disease show a progressive diminution. Three deaths
from Phthisis occurred in outlying institutions. To find
the true Phthisis death-rate these must be added to those
registered within the district. We thus find the true
death-rate from Phthisis to be .91 per 1,000. In Registration
London, the death-rate from this disease was 1.83 or
just about twice our own.