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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
St Pancras 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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The sex distribution of the deaths and death-rate is shown in the following table :—
| No. of Deaths. | Death-rates per 1,000 males or females living (based on 1911 Census). | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex. | Cancer, Carcinoma, &c. | Rodent Ulcer. | Sarcoma. | Total malignant disease. | Sex. | Cancer, Carcinoma, Ac. | Rodent Ulcer. | Sarcoma. | Total malignant disease. |
| Males . | 119 | 1 | 7 | 127 | Males . | 1.11 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 1.19 |
| Females | 134 | — | 140 | Females | 1.20 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 1.25 | |
| Both Sexes. | 253 | 1 | 13 | 267 | Both Sexes . | 1.16 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 1.22 |
In the accompanying table the deaths from malignant disease are classified
according to age and sex and the part of the body affected, as stated on the
death certificates; and also according to the terms used on the death certificates
to express the cause of death (cancer, carcinoma, etc.). All "cancer" deaths
are grouped with carcinoma, but rodent ulcer and sarcoma are each grouped
separately.
The tables show that females suffered from malignant disease more than
males, though the excess of deaths of females over that of males was only 13.
Of the female deaths, 68 were due to cancer of the breast and of organs
peculiar to women, against only 5 deaths amongst men from cancer of the
breast and of organs peculiar to males. If these cases are subtracted, the
remaining deaths from cancer amongst males (122) were in considerable
excess of those amongst females (72). This difference is partly accounted for
by the great excess in males of cancer about the mouth and throat (30 in males
compared with 4 in females).
VACCINATION.
The following table is drawn up from returns kindly supplied by the Clerk
to the Guardians in respect of children whose births were registered in the
Parish of St. Pancras from 1st January to 31st December, 1913, inclusive:—