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Certain occupations, such as working in tar, may produce cancer in special
parts of the body.
The obvious remedy is to avoid any sources of irritation to the skin, and
for the same reason decayed teeth should be removed, constipation avoided,
and the general health and hygiene of the body attended to.
Zymotic Diseases.
The total deaths from diseases of a Zymotic character was 216, or 6 less
than in the previous year.
They include all deaths from Measles, Scarlet Fever, Whooping Cough,
Diphtheria, Enteric Fever and Diarrhoea.
63 belonged to the Limehouse District.
59 belonged to St. George-in-the-East.
83 belonged to Mile End Old Town.
11 belonged to the Whitechapel District.
The death-rate for the whole Borough was .89 per 1,000 of the population.
Phthisis.

The death-rate for the whole Borough was .91 per 1,000 of the population.