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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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Parish Poor.
The figures relating to the sickness and
mortality of the parish poor, are given in Table VII. on
the previous page. In the zymotic class, there were
cases of Measles, Diphtheria,Whooping Cough, Diarrhœa,
Erysipelas, Scarlet Fever, Puerperal Eever and Influenza.
In the other classes, as usual, respiratory diseases contributed
a large proportion of the cases under treatment.
The heading "Other Diseases," in the Table, includes
diseases of the nervous and digestive systems, as well
as other local and constitutional disorders, under which,
came a very large proportion of the cases treated. The
total mortality was lower than that of the previous year.
Inquests.
Seventeen inquests were held, thirteen upon
males and four upon females, with the following
verdicts:—
Inquests. Seventeen Inquests were held, thirteen upon males and four upon females, with the following verdicts:-
| I. Natural | Premature Birth | 1 |
| Heart Disease | 1 | |
| Syncope | 2—4 | |
| II. Violence:— | ||
| (a) Accidental | Suffocation | 4 |
| Knocked down by Trains | 2 | |
| Perforation of Stomach | 1 | |
| Drowned | 1—8 | |
| (b.) Suicide | Poisoning | 2 |
| Cut Throat | 1 | |
| Hanging | 1 | |
| Drowning | 1—5 | |
| —13 | ||
| 17 | ||
Uncertified
Deaths.
Twelve cases of sudden death were submitted
to the Coroner in which inquests were deemed unnecessary.
Three were of males and nine of females.
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