Good and bad diseases

From the same book as previous:

The table [of causes of pauperism] suggests also that insanity, epilepsy, paralysis, syphilis, lameness, and general wreck are conditions especially associated with bad habits, and that deafness, blindness, rheumatism, and cancer are associated with absence of bad habits.

(I especially like the category “general wreck.” That’s what I’m shooting for.)