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Heston and Isleworth 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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Cancer. The number of deaths which have occurred in this
district as due to Cancer, is given in the following table for each
year since 1900.
Number of deaths from Cancer during—
| 1900 | 29 | Average for 5 years 27.8 |
| 1901 | 19 | |
| 1902 | 31 | |
| 1903 | 24 | |
| 1904 | 36 | |
| 1905 | 16 | Average for 5 years ... 33 4 |
| 1906 | 43 | |
| 1907 | 38 | |
| 1908 | 30 | |
| 1909 | 37 | |
| 1910 | 31 |
The exact nature and origin of Cancer has not been finally
determined, but recent research seems to shew that it is not
infectious and that the presence of persons suffering from Cancer
in the community constitutes no menace either to the public or
to the immediate relations of the sufferers.
DEATHS FROM INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The following table gives the number of deaths per annum
from certain infectious diseases in each year since 1900:—