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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hornsey 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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The distribution of the notified cases according to age and sex is as follows:—
| Under 1 year. | 1-5 years. | 5-15 years. | 15-25 years. | 25-45 years. | 45-65 years. | 65 and over | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 12 | ||||||
| — | 1 | |||||||
| — | 2 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 101 | |||
| 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| — | 2 | 20 | ||||||
| 2 |
The following table gives the part affected in the cases of
Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis notified to me:—
Glands 15
Bones and Joints 8
Brain 5
Abdomen 2
Kidneys 1
Lupus 2
33
Cancer.—There were 82 deaths registered as due to Cancer
in 1914, as against 96 deaths from this cause in 1913, and 114 in
1912. This is a decrease of 14 deaths from 1913, and of 32 deaths
from the number registered in 1912. A glance at the table below
shews that the deaths in 1914, though lower than in 1913, are
nearly double the number in 1901. The death-rate from cancer
per thousand of the population is equal to 0.91, about one-ninth
of the total death-rate.
Reference to the chart appended shews that previous drops in
an otherwise almost continuous rise have occurred, but that these
drops have been of a temporary character. There is no reason to