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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 1918

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

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Table: The following table gives the parts affected in the eases of Non-l'ulmonary Tuberculosis notified to me:—

The following table gives the parts affected in the eases of Non-l'ulmonary Tuberculosis notified to me:—

Glands7
Boaies and Joints5
Brain1
Neck1
Larynx2
Testicle1
Kidney2
Peritoneum2
Pleura1
Bladder1
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Cancer.—There were 130 deaths registered as due to Cancer
in 1918 as against 110 deaths from this cause in 1917, and 100 in
1911). This is an increase of '20 deaths on 1917, and of 24 deaths
from the number registered in 1916. The death-rate from Cancer
per thousand of the population is equal to 164, about one-eighth
of the total death-rate.