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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
Edmonton 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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CANCER, 1914.
| Seat of Disease. | Carcinoma. | Sarcoma. | Cancer or Malignant. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 1. Skull | . _ | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| 2, Eyeball | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 3. Lower Jaw | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| 4. Breast | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 5. Cervical Glands | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 6. Tongue | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| 7. œsophagus | 2 | — | . — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| 8. Mediastinum | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| 9. Lung | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10. Stomach and (or) Pylorus | 4 | 8 | — | — | 1 | — | 5 | 8 |
| 11. Intestines | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| 12. Omentum | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 13 Colon | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 14. Rectum | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — |
| 15. Liver | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 16. Anus | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 17 Perineum | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| 18. Sacrum | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| 19. Kidney | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| 20. Bladder | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| 21. Uterus | — | 5 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6 |
| Total | 14 | 23 | 6 | 1. | 2 | 3 | 22 | 27 |
"Recurrent malignant growth of the throat," and (i) "carcinoma left
side of neck (2) clefts," are examples of certificates so badly phrased that
it is impossible to classify them. They are therefore not included in the above
table.
Note.—A better classification might be made if my medical brethren
would be more definite in the terms of their death certificates, and avoid the use
of "cancer " or " malignant." If the disease were re-current, the original seat
of the disease should also be given first. If there had been an operation, the
date of it would be of great interest.