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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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The death-rate from notified diseases was 0.4 per 1,000
of the population.
Other Diseases. The subjoined Table shows the proportion
of deaths under the heads Constitutional, Local,
Developmental, Violence, and all other Diseases in the
Mortality Table.
TABLE VI.
Comparative Table of Non-zymotic Mortality.
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | 1889. | 1830. | 1891. | 1892. | 1893. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constitutional. | Tubercular | 50 | 49 | 41 | 42 | 39 |
| Other Constitutional Diseases | 21 | 34 | 38 | 34 | 39 | |
| Local. | Nervous | 77 | 68 | 77 | 72 | 72 |
| Circulatory | 37 | 28 | 46 | 35 | 46 | |
| Respiratory | 65 | 95 | 127 | 111 | 117 | |
| Digestive | 35 | 29 | 36 | 32 | 33 | |
| Urinary | 13 | 13 | 13 | 19 | 14 | |
| Generative | 7 | 3 | .. | 4 | 7 | |
| Locomotory | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | 1 | |
| Integumentary | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |
| Developmental. | Premature Birth | 44 | 45 | 41 | 45 | 67 |
| Malformation | ||||||
| Low Vitality | ||||||
| Age | 20 | 40 | 29 | 40 | 52 | |
| Violence | 9 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 10 | |
| All other Diseases | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 5 | |
Many of the causes of death under these headings
differ so little from their averages, that comment is
unnecessary.
The deaths from respiratory diseases contributed 117
deaths to the total mortality.
Respiratory diseases were accountable for one-fifth of
the total mortality.