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Hampstead 1908

Report for the year 1908 of the Medical Officer of Health

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22
Senile Mortality.
The deaths of persons of 65 years of age and upwards
numbered 312, as compared with 303 in 1907. Of these, 58 attained
the age of 85 years and upward.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
The causes of death are given in Table IV. of the Local
Government Board's series of tables, see page 130, and are set out
in more detail in the extended table on the opposite page. The
mortality from the various communicable diseases is given in the
section of the Report devoted to those diseases. The following
causes of death require special mention.

Table: Cancer. The following table gives the number of deaths from cancer, and the death-rate per 1,000 population in each of the eight years 1901-08.

Cancer. The following table gives the number of deaths from cancer, and the death-rate per 1,000 population in each of the eight years 1901-08.

Year.No. of Deaths from Cancer.Death-rate per 1000 of the population.
1901770.93
1902911.09
19031051.23
1904850.98
1905730.83
1906931.04
1907690.76
1908840.91

Table: The next table gives the anatomical distribution of the disease in each sex. It will be noted that a large proportion of the patients, 48 out of a total of 84 cases, were females. In 28 cases the patients were over 65 years of age.

The next table gives the anatomical distribution of the disease in each sex. It will be noted that a large proportion of the patients, 48 out of a total of 84 cases, were females. In 28 cases the patients were over 65 years of age.

Situation.Males.Females.Totals.
Tongue3–3
Breast–66
Thorax123
Liver369
Stomach5611
Uterus–1313
Abdominal organs131023
Other situations11516
Totals364884