Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Sub.district of Putney and lloehampton.
Nervous There is a diminution in the mortality arising
Diseases. from these diseases. 26 deaths were registered,
which gives a death-rate per 1,000 of 1.1.
circulatory The numbers and rates were practically the
Diseases. same as under Nervous diseases, and were
considerably below those of the previous year.
Respiratory There is a great fall in the mortality under
Diseases. this heading, only 39 deaths were registered
compared with 50 during 1899. The difference is probably
due to the fact that Influenza was less prevalent, and the
type of the disease not so severe.
Digestive Under this heading there was a fall in the
Diseases. mortality, 37 compared with 47 deaths. The
mortality was 1.1 per 1,000.
COMPARATIVE TABLE OF NON-ZYMOTIC MORTALITY.
CAUSES OF DEATH. | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1890 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
constitu- tuonal. | Gout and Rheumatism | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. |
Cancer and other Tumours | 9 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 23 | 14 | |
Phthisis | 23 | 22 | 26 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 23 | 18 | 17 | |
Other Tubercular Diseases | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 10 | |
Other Constitutional Diseases | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
Nervous. | 23 | 37 | 31 | 20 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 25 | 35 | 26 | |
Local. | Circulatory | 22 | 19 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 25 | 33 | 19 | 35 | 27 |
Respiratory | 43 | 55 | 53 | 29 | 57 | 42 | 48 | 46 | 50 | 39 | |
Digestive | 29 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 21 | 31 | 18 | 24 | 47 | 37 | |
Urinary | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 8 | |
Generative | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | |
I ocomotorv | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | ||
^Integumentary | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | |
Develop- mental. | Premature Birth and Low Vitality | 10 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 9 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 18 |
Congenital Defects | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | |
01d Age | 10 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 10 | |
Violence | 9 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 10 | |
All other Diseases | 5 | 9 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. |