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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 1893
Report on the health and sanitary condition of the several parishes comprised in the Wandsworth District during the year 1893
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| 1883 | 18S4 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | Number above corrected decennia average. | Number below corrected decennial average. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gout and Rheumatism | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 5 | .. | .. |
| Cancer and other Tumours | 24 | .. | 16 | 23 | 30 | 18 | 21 | 29 | 32 | 26 | 28 | 3 | .. |
| Other Constitutional Diseases | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | .. | .. |
| Tubercular | 76 | 69 | 68 | 77 | 75 | 68 | 69 | 79 | 71 | 90 | 67 | .. | 17 |
| Nervous | 66 | 70 | 80 | 79 | 81 | 70 | 74 | 77 | 74 | 54 | 68 | .. | 14 |
| Circulatory | 39 | 53 | 40 | 35 | 52 | 49 | 56 | 57 | 59 | 62 | 48 | .. | 7 |
| Respiratory | 113 | 97 | 120 | 103 | 110 | 103 | 105 | 139 | 125 | 116 | 113 | .. | 15 |
| Digestive | 26 | 38 | 30 | 39 | 46 | 41 | 18 | 26 | 32 | 36 | 34 | .. | 4 |
| Urinary | 21 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 22 | 10 | .. |
| Generative | .. | .. | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. |
| Locomotory | .. | 4 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. |
| Integumentary | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Premature Birth, LowVitality,&c. | 60 | 47 | 36 | 28 | 46 | 49 | 50 | 44 | 48 | 51 | 58 | 6 | .. |
| Old Age | 25 | 22 | 31 | 33 | 18 | 34 | 37 | 27 | 20 | 14 | 14 | .. | 15 |
| Violence | 7 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 24 | 13 | .. | 1 |
| llldefined and Not Specified | 8 | 25 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. |
It is seen that the deaths from all the principal classes
of disease were below the decennial average, with the
exception of those under the head of Premature Birth,
Low Vitality, &c., which exceeded the average by six, and
those under the head of Urinary Diseases. It is particularly
satisfactory to notice the decrease in deaths from
tubercular diseases (which includes consumption), as they
are infective diseases, and their spread is favoured by overcrowding
and other insanitary conditions. The number
of deaths from tubercular diseases may be taken as an
indication of the sanitary state of a locality.