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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 1883
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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Diseases of the Urinary Organs (Class 7), an increase of
37 per cent. The deaths from Premature Birth, Low
Vitality, Malformation, &c. (Class 11), decreased 3.6 per
cent. Dropsy, Cancer, and others of uncertain seat (Class
12), shewed a decrease in the number of deaths of 1.4
per cent.; and Violence (Class 14), a decrease of 1.2 per
cent. The deaths from Age (Class 13), increased 10 per
cent,
The increase or decrease in the number of deaths that occurred in each class of disease in relation to its decennial average corrected for increase of population is compared in the following table;—
| CLASSES OF DISEASE, &c. | Number of deaths in 1883. | Average Annual number of deaths in the ten years 1873-82. | {Same averages corrected for Increaso of population. | Number of deaths 1883 above corrected average. | Number of deaths 1883 below corrected average. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Zymotic, viz:— | ||||||
| Seven principal Epidemic Diseases. | Small-Pox | .. | 16 | 20 | .. | 20 |
| Measles | 133 | 81 | 102 | 31 | .. | |
| Scarlatina | 65 | 94 | 118 | .. | 53 | |
| Diphtheria | 63 | 19 | 24 | 39 | .. | |
| Whooping Cough | 133 | 115 | 144 | .. | 11 | |
| Fever | 52 | 49 | 61 | .. | 9 | |
| Diarrhoea | 158 | 140 | 176 | .. | 18 | |
| Other | Zymotic Diseases | 95 | 66 | 83 | 12 | • • |
| 2. Tubercular | 654 | 595 | 744 | .. | 90 | |
| 3. Brain and Nerves | 574 | 463 | 579 | .. | 5 | |
| 4. Heart, &c | 255 | 194 | 242 | 13 | .. | |
| 5. Respiratory Organs | 829 | 658 | 822 | 7 | .. | |
| 6. Digestive Organs | 234 | 144 | 181 | 53 | .. | |
| 7. Urinary Organs | 99 | 58 | 72 | 27 | .. | |
| 8. Generative Organs | 30 | 23 | 29 | 1 | .. | |
| 9. Joints, Bones, &c. | 25 | 15 | 18 | 7 | .. | |
| 10. Skin, &c | 10 | 5 | 6 | 4 | .. | |
| 11. Premature Birth, LowVitality, Malformation, &c | 241 | 200 | 250 | • • | 9 | |
| 1'2. Dropsy, Cancer, & Uncertain Seat | 114 | 107 | 134 | .. | 20 | |
| 13. Age | 185 | 134 | 168 | 17 | .. | |
| 14. Violence | 94 | 85 | 107 | .. | 13 | |
| I5. Not Specified | 40 | 51 | 64 | .. | 24 | |