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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

Wandsworth 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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112 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The following Table shows the number of deaths according
to the part of the body affected.

Table: TABLE L III

TABLE L III

Locality of Disease.Males.Females.Total.
Bowel182947
Stomach and Gullet222244
Uterus...4343
Breast...3838
Liver102131
Mouth and Throat19120
Bladder and Kidney64io
Abdomen257
Face and Neck2...2
Pancreas ......22
Other parts11920
Not specified358
Total93179272

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In Institutions within the Borough nine deaths occurred from
Cancer, four males and five females. Two of these deaths occurred
in the Tooting Home, four in the Hostel of God, and three in
private nursing homes.
65 of the deaths, 28 of males and 37 of females, occurred in
external Institutions, 27 in the Union Infirmary, and 38 in General
and Special Hospitals.
81 of the total deaths occurred among females from Cancer of
the Breast or Uterus, compared with 59 in 1906, 47 in 1905, and
69 in 1904.