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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number of the other diseases of this group, Consumption
alone contributing 69 of the number. To Grout, Rheumatism,
Cancer, Tumours, and other constitutional diseases
48 deaths were referred, and were 17 in excess of the
average. Cancer alone contributed 24 of the number—
an increase of 3 over that of the preceding year.
Violence. 27 deaths were the result of Violence and
were 3 more than the average.
Ill-defined and Two such deaths were recorded and
not specified.
corresponded with the average.
The following Table shews the annual number of deaths
from non-zymotic diseases in the eleven years 1880-90
with the increase and decrease of deaths in 1890 compared
with the annual average number in 1880-89 raised
in proportion to increase of population.
Causes of Death. | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1890. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. above corrected average. | No. below corrected average. | |||||||||||||
60 | 51 | 69 | 64 | 85 | 90 | 87 | 111 | 114 | 72 | 99 | .. | 3 | ||
17 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 30 | 32 | 48 | 17 | .. | ||
106 | 121 | 106 | 116 | 128 | 145 | 151 | 115 | 112 | 90 | 103 | .. | 48 | ||
23 | 28 | 28 | 25 | 22 | 36 | 46 | 32 | 45 | 26 | 40 | 1 | .. | ||
89 | 90 | 87 | 69 | 70 | 101 | 135 | 110 | 128 | 87 | 177 | 54 | .. | ||
21 | 28 | 28 | 35 | 47 | 22 | 30 | 30 | 34 | 31 | 42 | 3 | .. | ||
11 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 26 | 17 | 22 | 17 | 17 | .. | 3 | ||
1 | .. | 4 | .. | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | .. | ||
3 | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | .3 | .. | ||
.. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .4 | .. | ||
27 | 37 | 27 | 23 | 40 | 37 | 45 | 38 | 41 | 36 | 54 | 10 | .. | ||
23 | 27 | 27 | 33 | 42 | 34 | 32 | 36 | 25 | 33 | 24 | .. | 15 | ||
11 | 20 | 18 | 32 | 21 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 23 | 15 | 27 | 3.5 | .. | ||
.. | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | = | = |