London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Wandsworth 1891

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]

This page requires JavaScript

Text

Copy text to clipboard

135
Many of the causes of death under these headings
differ so little from their averages, that they require no
comment.
The deaths from Respiratory diseases on the other
hand, were largely in excess of former years, and contributed
127 deaths to the total mortality. No less than
32 of these were ascribed to pneumonia. The 21 deaths
from Influenza were complicated with pneumonia, as
were great part of the deaths from measles. In this
connection, respiratory diseases were accountable for
nearly one-third of the total mortality.
E

Table: TABLE VI. COMPARATIVE TABLE OF NON-ZYMOTIC MORTALITY.

TABLE VI. COMPARATIVE TABLE OF NON-ZYMOTIC MORTALITY.

Causes of Death.1889.1890.1891.
Constitutional.Tubercular504941
Other Constitution-all Diseases213438
Local.Nervous776877
Circulatory372846
Respiratory6595127
Digestive352936
Urinary131313
Generative73..
Locomotory....2
Integumentary....1
Developmental.Premature Birth
Malformation444541
Low Vitality Age204029
Violence995
Ill-defined or..31
Not specified