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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 1894
Thirty-ninth annual report of the Board of Works for the Wandsworth District being for the year ended 25th of March 1895
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Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
| 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | Number above corrected decennial average. | Number below corrected decennial average. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gout and Rheumatism.. | •• | 4 | •• | •• | |||||||||
| Cancer and other Tumours | •• | •• | |||||||||||
| Other Constitutional Disaases | •• | •• | •• | •• | |||||||||
| Tubercular | •• | ||||||||||||
| Nervous | 80 | •• | |||||||||||
| Circulatory | S3 | •• | |||||||||||
| Respiratory | 110 | •• | |||||||||||
| Digestive | 1 | •• | |||||||||||
| Urinary | •• | ||||||||||||
| Generative | •• | 1 | 4 | •• | •• | •• | |||||||
| Locomotory | 4 | 1 | •• | •• | 1 | •• | 1 | 1 | •• | •• | •• | ||
| Integumentary.. | •• | •• | 1 | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
| Premature Birth, LowVitality,&c. | •• | ||||||||||||
| Old Age .. | •• | ||||||||||||
| Violence | •• | ||||||||||||
| Ill-defined and Not Specified | •• | 1 | •• | •• | •• | 1 | •• | •• |
Deaths from Non-zymotic Diseases.
The above Table gives the number of deaths for the
last 10 years, and the last columns show whether those for
1894 were above or below the decennial average corrected
for increase of population.
Cancer and other Tumours—Are seen to be in excess of
the average by 16. Of these deaths 13 were of nonparishioners,
and took place in the Home for the Dying, so
that there is no great increase under this head.
Tubercular Diseases show a marked decrease from the
average. This is satisfactory as an indication of improved
health conditions, especially as a number of deaths from
consumption, included here, took place in the same Home
for the Dying.