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Wandsworth 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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113
Deaths from Non-zymotic Diseases.
The appended, table gives the number of deaths from the
various causes for the last 10 years, and the last columns
show whether those for 1892 were above or below the
decennial average corrected for increase of population.
| 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | Number above corrected decennial average. | Number below corrected decennial average. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gout and Rhcumatism.. | 9 | . . | . . | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 1 | . . |
| Cacer and other Tumours | . . | 24 | . . | 16 | 23 | 30 | 18 | 21 | 29 | 32 | 26 | . . | 1 |
| Other Constitutional Diseases | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | . . | 3 |
| Tubercular | 15 | 76 | 69 | 68 | 77 | 75 | 68 | 69 | 79 | 71 | 90 | 16 | . . |
| Nervous | 65 | 06 | 70 | SO | 79 | 81 | 70 | 74 | 77 | 74 | 54 | . . | 28 |
| Circulatory | 47 | 39 | 53 | 40 | 35 | 52 | 49 | 56 | 57 | 59 | 62 | 8 | . . |
| Respiratory | 145 | 113 | 97 | 120 | 103 | 110 | 103 | 105 | 139 | 125 | 116 | . . | 13 |
| Digestive | 34 | 26 | 38 | 30 | 39 | 46 | 41 | 18 | 26 | 32 | 36 | . . | 1 |
| Urinary | 16 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 1 | . . |
| Generative | 1 | .. | . . | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | . . | 1 |
| Locomotory | . . | . . | 4 | 1 | 1 | . . | .. | 1 | 1 | . . | 1 | . . | . . |
| Integumentary | 1 | 3 | 2 | . . | .. | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 |
| Premature Birth, Low Vitality,&c. | 34 | 60 | 47 | 36 | 28 | 46 | 49 | 50 | 44 | 48 | 51 | 2 | . . |
| 0Id Age | 37 | 25 | 22 | 31 | 33 | 18 | 34 | 37 | 27 | 20 | 14 | 17 | |
| Violence | 11 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 24 | 11 | . . |
| Illdefinid and Not Specified | 48 | 8 | 25 | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | 3 | 1 | 2 | •• | 7 |
| 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | Number above corrected decennial average. | Number below corrected decennial average. | |
| Gout and Rhcumatism.. | 9 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 1 | |||
| Cacer and other Tumours | 24 | 16 | 23 | 30 | 18 | 21 | 29 | 32 | 26 | 1 | |||
| Other Constitutional Diseases | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Tubercular | 15 | 76 | 69 | 68 | 77 | 75 | 68 | 69 | 79 | 71 | 90 | 16 | |
| Nervous | 65 | 06 | 70 | SO | 79 | 81 | 70 | 74 | 77 | 74 | 54 | 28 | |
| Circulatory | 47 | 39 | 53 | 40 | 35 | 52 | 49 | 56 | 57 | 59 | 62 | 8 | |
| Respiratory | 145 | 113 | 97 | 120 | 103 | 110 | 103 | 105 | 139 | 125 | 116 | 13 | |
| Digestive | 34 | 26 | 38 | 30 | 39 | 46 | 41 | 18 | 26 | 32 | 36 | 1 | |
| Urinary | 16 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 1 | |
| Generative | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Locomotory | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Integumentary | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Premature Birth, Low Vitality,&c. | 34 | 60 | 47 | 36 | 28 | 46 | 49 | 50 | 44 | 48 | 51 | 2 | |
| 0Id Age | 37 | 25 | 22 | 31 | 33 | 18 | 34 | 37 | 27 | 20 | 14 | 17 | |
| Violence | 11 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 24 | 11 | |
| Illdefinid and Not Specified | 48 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | •• | 7 | ||||
The most notable increase is seen to be under the head
of tubercular diseases, including phthisis. In London
there was a decrease in the number of deaths from,
tubercular diseases. Diseases of the nervous system and
respiratory diseases both show a marked fall, and the
number referred to tumours is also slightly less. The
deaths from circulatory diseases—62 in number—have
increased by 8. The deaths from premature birth and low
vitality have exceeded the average by 2, and those from
violence by 11.