London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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.
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gout and Rheumatism | .. | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
| Cancer and other Tumours | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 12 |
| Phthisis | 17 | 28 | 23 | 22 | 26 | 16 |
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
| Other Constitutional Diseases .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 |
| Nervous | 32 | 31 | 23 | 37 | 31 | 20 |
| Circulatory | 17 | 18 | 22 | 19 | 22 | 20 |
| Respiratory | 30 | 42 | 43 | 55 | 53 | 29 |
| Digestive | 19 | 26 | 29 | 20 | 21 | 19 |
| Urinary | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Generative | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Locomotory | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Integumentary | .. | .. | •• | •• | 1 | •• |
| Premature Birth and Low Vitality .. | 12 | 26 | 10 | 18 | 13 | 11 |
| Congenital Defects | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
| Old Age | 8 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 10 |
| Violence | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 10 | |
| All other Diseases | 5 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 2 | .. |
with the exception of cancer. There were double the number of deaths from this cause than during 1889.
| Inquests. | Male. | Female. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prematurity | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| Apoplexy | 2 | .. | 3 | |
| Rupture of bowel | l | .. | 1 | |
| Weak heart | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| Cerebral Hæmorrhage from fall | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| Suffocation in bed | 2 | .. | 2 | |
| Syncope | 3 | .. | 3 | |
| Drowning | 1 | • • | 1 | |
| Rupture of aneurism | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| Suffocation at birth | 1 | • • | 1 | |
| Syncope from chloroform inhalation | 1 | .. | 1 |