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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 1880
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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The increase in the mortality from Premature Birth,
&c., must be reqgarded with suspicion. Many lives are
sacrificed from insufficient care or ignorant
handing soon after birth.
| Years. | 1870 | 1871 | 1872 | 1873 | 1874 | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c | ' Gout and Rheumatism | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Cancer and Tumours | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tubercular | 18 | 22 | 24 | 19 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 32 | 23 | 18 | |
| L | Nervous | 18 | 19 | 20 | 26 | 39 | 23 | 26 | 29 | 28 | 34 | 33 |
| Circulatory | 9 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 13 | |
| | Respiratory............... | 31 | 29 | 26 | 21 | 30 | 36 | 23 | 29 | 37 | 42 | 27 | |
| Digestive | 17 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 13 | |
| Urinary | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Generative | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | |
| Locomotory | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Integumentary | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | |
| D | Premature Birth, Atrophy, &c. | 8 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 16 |
| Old Age | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 9 | |
| V—Violence | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 6 | |
| (Other diseases)........ | 6 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Totals | 125 | 118 | 124 | 116 | 146 | 147 | 121 | 148 | 150 | 152 | 152 | |