Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Deaths from Cancer occurred at the following Ages :—
Age period. | Male. | Female. | Total. |
---|---|---|---|
Under 25 years | 1 | 1 | 2 |
25 and under 36 years | — | 2 | 2 |
35 and under 45 years | 11 | 16 | 27 |
45 and under 65 years | 102 | 77 | 179 |
65 years and over | 108 | 163 | 271 |
222 | 259 | 481 |
Sites of Fatal Cancer.
Site. | Male. | Female. | Total. | Percentage of Total. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Skin | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.832 |
Tongue and Mouth | 3 | 3 | 0.624 | |
Oesophagus | 6 | 6 | 12 | 2.495 |
Stomach | 45 | 39 | 84 | 17.464 |
Liver | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2.287 |
Bowel | 22 | 39 | 61 | 12.682 |
Rectum | 14 | 19 | 33 | 6.861 |
Bladder | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1.247 |
Prostate | 18 | — | 18 | 8.108 |
Larynx and Pharynx | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1.663 |
Uterus | — | 24 | 24 | 9.266 |
Breast | — | 52 | 52 | 10.811 |
Ovary | — | 12 | 12 | 4.633 |
Pancreas | 11 | 13 | 24 | 4.990 |
Gall Bladder and Duct | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1.455 |
Nervous System | — | 1 | 1 | 0.208 |
Bones | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1.247 |
Lungs | 53 | 18 | 71 | 14.761 |
Kidney | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1.040 |
Brain | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1.663 |
Retroperitoneal | 1 | — | 1 | 0.208 |
Thyroid Gland | 1 | — | 1 | 0.208 |
Lymphatic Glands | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1.663 |
Mesenteric Glands | — | 1 | 1 | 0.208 |
Parotid Gland | — | 1 | 1 | 0.208 |
Genital Organs | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1.871 |
Tonsil | 1 | — | 1 | 0.208 |
Undefined | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1.871 |
222 | 259 | 481 |
Comments on Foregoing Table.
The organs most often attacked in descending order of
incidents are: In the males—the Lungs (23.9 per cent.), the
Stomach (20.3 per cent.), and the Bowels and Rectum (16.2 per
cent.); in females—the Bowels and Rectum (22.4 per cent.), the
Breast (20.1 per cent.), the Stomach (15.1 per cent.), and the
Uterus (9.3 per cent.).