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Hampstead 1910

Report for the year 1910 of the Medical Officer of Health

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22
Senile Mortality.
The deaths of persons 65 years of age and upwards numbered
344, as compared with 326 in 1909. Of these 57 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 120, 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. As regards the other causes of death, the
following require special mention:—

Table: Cancer. The following table gives the number of deaths from cancer, and the death-rate per 1000 population in each of the ten years 1901-10:

Cancer. The following table gives the number of deaths from cancer, and the death-rate per 1000 population in each of the ten years 1901-10:

Year.No. of Deaths from CancerDeath-rate per 1000 of the population
1901770.93
1902911.09
19031051.23
1904850.98
1905730.83
1906931.04
1907690.76
1908840.91
1909850.90
1910900.94

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The next table gives the anatomical distribution of the disease in
each sex. It will be noted that a large proportion of the patients—58
out of a total of 90 cases—were females. In 42 cases the patients were
over 65 years of age.