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108
1911
Year.
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
1896-00
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1901-05
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1906-10
1911
Males
104
112
106
104
115
541
103
133
155
147
138
676
154
177
157
146
158
792
143
Females.
187
192
177
166
188
910
186
193
195
176
190
940
209
171
210
207
203
1000
186
Persons.
291
304
283
270
303
1451
289
326
350
323
328
1616
363
348
367
353
361
1792
329
Death rate.
0.85
0.90
0.84
0.80
0.90
0.86
0.86
0.95
1.05
0.97
0.99
0.96
1.10
1.05
1.09
1.07
1.10
1.08
1.00
These returns indicate that cancer has been on the increase in Islington,
and that whereas the death-rate from it was only 0.72 per 1,000 of the
population in the five years 1891-5, it was 108 in the five years 1906-10, which
is to say it has increased fifty per cent. It is alleged that this increase is more
apparent than real; that in fact the more numerous deaths ascribed to it are
due to the better diagnosis by medical men, of which more later on.
The actual number of deaths from males in the same periods increased
from 400 to 792, or 98 per cent., and among females from 780 to 1,000,
or 26 per cent. The increased mortality among males was common to
England and Wales, in which the general rule since 1890 has been that the
mortality has been greater among males than females, although prior to that
date the reverse obtained.
Much of the increase in the deaths from cancer has been alleged to be due
to the better recognition of the disease as stated on p. 110 by Dr. Bashford,