Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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[Appendix IV.
TABLE 31. Cancer. Deaths during 1900, classified according to situation.
1900. | St. Mary. | St. John. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C. | O. | C. | O. | |||||
m. | F. | m. | f. | m. | f. | m. | f. | |
1. Nervous System | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2. Organs of Special Sense | ||||||||
3. Respiratory System | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
4. Circulatory System | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
5. Digestive System— | ||||||||
(a) Mouth | 1 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
(b) Throat | 5 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — |
i. Stomach | 5 | 5 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
ii. Bowel | 3 | 5 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | |
iii. Rectum | 2 | 6 | — | — | 1 | — | l | — |
(d) Organs— | ||||||||
i. Liver | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — |
ii. Pancreas | — | |||||||
(e) Peritoneum | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
(/) Omentum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
6. Lymphatic System | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
7. Urinary System | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
8. Generative System— | ||||||||
— | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
(b) Uterus | — | 14 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — |
(c) External Organs | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
— | 10 | — | 4 | — | 3 | — | — | |
9. Osseous System— | ||||||||
(a) Head | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
— | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | ||
(c) Abdomen | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
(d) Extremities | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | |
10. Cutaneous System | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
11. Insufficiently described | 1 | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Totals | 30 | 54 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 2 |
"C." includes cancer, carcinoma, and malignant disease.
"0." includes sarcoma, scirrhus, epithelioma, &c.
" M."—Males.
" F."—Females.