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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
Shoreditch 1894
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the Parish of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch for the year 1894
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The following table gives an analysis of tbe cases shewing the situation of the disease, age and sex distribution:—
TABLE XI.
| SITUATION OF DISEASE. | AGES. | Total. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 60 | 60 to 70 | 70 to 85 | 85 & upwards | ||||||||||
| m. | f. | m. | F. | m. | F. | m. | F. | m. | F. | m | F. | m. | F. | m. | F. | |
| Cancer:— | ||||||||||||||||
| Region not stated | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ||||
| Pancreas | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Neck | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |
| Stomach | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 3 | 6 |
| Æsophagus | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | |||
| Tongue | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ||
| Liver | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 5 | 5 |
| Uterus | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 6 | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ||||||
| Rectum | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | |
| Breast | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ||
| Heart | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ||||
| Intestines | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |
| Bladder | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | •••, |
| Pharnyx | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ||
| Peritonœum | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |||
| Vulva | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Colon | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | |||
| Ovary | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ||
| Epithelioma:— | ||||||||||||||||
| Region not stated | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | |||
| Mouth | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |
| Cheek | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |||
| Tongue | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Scirrhus:— | ||||||||||||||||
| Thyroid | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |||
| Total | ... | 3 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 10 | ... | ... | 31 | 49 | |||
From the above table it will be seen that women were afflicted with cancer to a
greater extent than men, in the proportion of more than 3 to 2. Uterine cancer alone
caused 15 deaths; if these be excluded, the numbers of males and females afflicted
with this disease shew only a slight preponderance on the part of the latter.
ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
It is very satisfactory to report that there has been a great diminution in the
number of cases of infectious disease notified, there being 1104* as against 1987 last
year.
The cases notified during the years 1800-93, inclusive, are as follows :—
Year 1890 1891 1892 1893
Number of Cases 1158 862 1478 1987
*Exclusive of 9 notifications subsequently withdrawn,