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Isolation for advanced cases from crowded households is of
great importance, and no provision of this sort exists except the
Workhouse Infirmary, which is, of course, only available for pauper
cases.
For early cases treatment for a period in a sanatorium would
be of the greatest value, both from the curative and educational
standpoint. I think there is a distinct need for both classes of
accommodation in Hornsey, and it is to be hoped that in the near
future something will be done to meet this want.
In many cases disinfection has been carried out at houses
where deaths from tuberculosis have occurred, and we are ready to
do this in every case when allowed.
Cancer.—The deaths attributed to this cause during 1905
numbered 65, a larger number than in any previous year.
The number of deaths from cancer last year was 49, and the
yearly average number of deaths during the 15 years 1890-1904,
after the necessary correction has been applied owing to the great
increase of population, is 50 deaths, so that in 1905 the deaths from
cancer were 16 more than in the previous year, and 15 more than
the average number of deaths for the past fifteen years.