Societal troubles (4)
I believe the answer is:
ills
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">societal troubles</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for ills that I've seen before include "Troubles" , "Sicknesses or misfortunes" , "infections" , "God-like" , "Ailments, misfortunes" .)