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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 1886
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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| Years. | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c | Gout & Rheumatism | .. | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .. |
| Cancer & Tumours | .. | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 2 | |
| Tubercular | 26 | 32 | 23 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 21 | 24 | 25 | 19 | |
| Nervous | 29 | 28 | 34 | 33 | 21 | 33 | 34 | 39 | 26 | 29 | |
| L | Circulatory | 8 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 18 |
| Respiratory | 29 | 37 | 42 | 27 | 24 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 29 | 35 | |
| Digestive | 12 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 10 | |
| Urinary | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 8 | |
| Generative | 2 | .. | 1 | . . | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Locomotory | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Integumentary | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | |
| D | Premature Birth, Atrophy, &c. | 8 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 7 |
| Old Age | 8 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | |
| V—Violence | 9 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | |
| (Other diseases) | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | |
| Totals | 148 | 150 | 152 | 152 | 140 | 139 | 196 | 171 | 149 | 141 | |
Ages of the
deceased.
The year 1886 has been somewhat remarkable
for the large number of deaths occurring
among very young children. No less than 84 deaths
occurred out of a total of 179 in children under 5 years
of age—making the very high percentage of about 47.
The diseases which have proved so disastrous to infant
life have been Whooping Cough, Diarrhoea, Tubercular
disease and Convulsions.
Social
Position.
About 60 per cent of the fatal cases occurred
among that part of the population included
under the industrial and labouring classes. This percentage,
which is larger than that of 1885, again brings
out very forcibly the much greater danger which the
working classes incur—partly from density of population
and its attendant disadvantages, and partly also no doubt
from the want of regard to the most ordinary sanitary