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 Woolwich]
This page requires JavaScript
The following table shews the sex and the region affected of the remaining cases:—
Seat of primary disease | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
Head and face | 1 | |
Mouth and tongue | 3 | 2 |
Pharynx, larynx and neck | 2 | 1 |
Æsophagus | 3 | |
Stomach and pylorus | 6 | 8 |
Intestines (excluding rectum) | 2 | 1 |
Rectum | 6 | 2 |
Liver | 9 | 6 |
Pancreas | 1 | |
Lungs and chest | 1 | 1 |
Male urinary organs | 3 | |
Female ,, ,, | 1 | |
Female genital organs | 19 | |
„ breast | 8 | |
Pelvis and groin | 1 | 1 |
Total | 39 | 52 |
104. It appears that cancer in men affects principally the
digestive organs, and in women the genital organs.
Alcoholism.
105. There were 18 deaths from alcoholism, and 24 due to
cirrhosis of the liver, making a total of 42 deaths from
intemperance, compared with 52 and 40 in the two preceding
years. In addition to the above, 313 deaths were due to
disease of the brain, nervous system, heart, blood vessels and
kidneys, of which a large proportion were certainly caused
directly or indirectly by alcohol.