London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
Dlarrhœa.
There were 162 deaths referred to this cause,
a larger number than in any of the last ten
years, and exceeding the annual average, corrected for
increase of population, by 62. Most of the deaths occurred
in the third quarter of the year, and the excessive
prevalence of Diarrhœa was associated, as usual, with a
warm, dry summer.
| Diseases. | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1897 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. above corrected average. | No. below corrected average. | ||||||||||||
| Gout and Rheumatism | 26 | 18 | 14 | 33 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 26 | 11 | 26 | 21 | 4 | |
| Cancer and other Tumours | 78 | 70 | 68 | 89 | 103 | 101 | 90 | 115 | 118 | 154 | 154 | 35 | |
| Other constitutional diseases | 18 | 12 | 15 | 38 | 21 | 25 | 23 | 16 | 16 | 26 | 10 | 15 | |
| Tubercular | 268 | 257 | 219 | 265 | 246 | 256 | 228 | 234 | 256 | 245 | 276 | 25 | |
| Nervous | 292 | 298 | 28.' | 294 | 287 | 302 | 295 | 246 | 308 | 232 | 267 | 78 | |
| Circulatory | 142 | 160 | 146 | 150 | 180 | 185 | 179 | 172 | 206 | 271 | 261 | 43 | |
| Respiratory | 330 | 357 | 302 | 473 | 510 | 453 | 488 | 340 | 486 | 369 | 355 | 145 | |
| Digestive | 119 | 119 | 107 | 123 | 149 | 131 | 157 | 149 | 144 | 159 | 149 | 15 | |
| Urinary | 62 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 55 | 79 | 69 | 61 | 65 | 68 | 70 | 1 | |
| Generative | 4 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 22 | 12 | 5 | |
| Locomotory | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Int-gumentary | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Premature Births, Low Vitality, and Malformation | 144 | 156 | 149 | 174 | 170 | 183 | 215 | 164 | 218 | 189 | 216 | 2 | |
| Old Age | 97 | 96 | 103 | 104 | 95 | 95 | 114 | 114 | 128 | 125 | 126 | 4 | |
| Violence | 39 | 48 | 48 | 66 | 54 | 61 | 59 | 66 | 70 | 69 | 59 | 11 | |
| Ill-defined and not specified | 4 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| Totals | 1615 | 1660 | 1529 | 1891 | 1913 | 1935 | 1971 | 1722 | 2041 | 1960 | 1988 | 86 | 308 |
The above Table gives the deaths from non-zymotic
diseases for the last ten years, together with the number
above or below the decennial average, corrected for increase
of population.
Gout and
Rheumatism
The deaths from these causes were less than
the average, with also a decrease from last
year of 5.