London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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

Finsbury 1902

Report on the public health of 1902

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with reserve. Cancer is not always readily diagnosed. Moreover,
it is likely that the deaths of a certain number of persons
have been attributed to other causes when they should have been
allocated to Cancerous Disease.

Table: The parts of the body mainly affected with Cancerous Disease were as follows:—

The parts of the body mainly affected with Cancerous Disease were as follows:—

LiverStomachThroatBreastFace, Tongue, JawUterusIntestineU nstatedTotal
No. of deaths due to Cancer and Malignant Disease, according to organ affected.6128971217172

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Such returns as these can only be of value when it is possible
to compare such records for a number of years.