Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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cent. The numerical variation of the deaths from all
causes in the past year compared with their corresponding
numbers in the preceding ten years and with their
respective averages are exhibited in the two following
tables, the first comprising the mortality of the Nonzymotic,
and the second that of the Zymotic class of
diseases:—
| Causes of Death. | 1876. | 1877. | 1878. | 1879. | 1880. | 1881. | 1882. | 1883. | 1884. | 1885. | 1886. | 1886. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. above corrected average. | No. below corrected average. | |||||||||||||
| Tubercular | 61 | 54 | 60 | 62 | 60 | 61 | 69 | 64 | 85 | 90 | 87 | 9 | .. | |
| Other Constitutional | 18 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 28 | 30 | 9 | .. | |
| Nervous | 125 | 111 | 111 | 96 | 168 | 121 | 106 | 116 | 128 | 145 | 151 | 14 | .. | |
| Circulatory | 26 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 23 | 28 | 28 | 25 | 22 | 36 | 46 | 17 | .. | |
| Respiratory | 58 | 42 | 86 | 125 | 89 | 90 | 87 | 69 | 70 | 101 | 135 | 38 | .. | |
| Digestive | 29 | 18 | 29 | 21 | 21 | 28 | 28 | 35 | 47 | 22 | 30 | .. | 3 | |
| Uriuary | 6 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 26 | 15 | .. | |
| Generative | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 1 | .. | 4 | . . | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .. | |
| Locomotory | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Integumentary | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | •• | .. | 3 | •• | .. | 4 | |
| Premature Birth | 22 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 27 | 37 | 27 | 23 | 40 | 37 | 45 | 13 | .. | |
| Malformation Low Vitality | ||||||||||||||
| Age | 16 | 13 | 14 | 26 | 23 | 27 | 27 | 33 | 42 | 34 | 32 | 2 | •• | |
| Violence | 14 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 18 | 32 | 21 | 15 | 17 | . . | 3 | |
| Ill-defined or | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | •• | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | •• | |
| Not specified | ||||||||||||||