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60
CANCER AND MALIGNANT DISEASE.
There were 92 deaths certified during 1903 as due to cancerous
or malignant disease, which gives a special death rate of 0.91
per 1,000. The age and sex incidence of these deaths was as
as follows:—
Ages
Under
10 years
10 and
under 20
20 and
under 30
30 and
under 40
40 and
under 50
50 and
under 60
60 and
under 70
70 and
upwards
Total
Males — — 2 3 6 12 11 6 40
Females — 1 — 7 7 17 12 8 52
Totals 1903 — 1 2 10 13 29 23 14 92
Totals 1902 — — — 1 16 17 18 20 72
Totals 1901 1 2 2 8 14 18 14 13 72
The occupation of each person dying of Malignant Disease has
been noted. These have been various, and in no case is there
any obvious connection between the occupation and the cause of
death. Eighty-six per cent. of the cases occurred in persons
over 40 years of age.
As to local distribution, it may be remarked that the distribution
was fairly uniform throughout the Borough, and there was no
instance of more than one case in a house.
11 is not probable that these returns are strictly accurate.
They are in all probability under the mark, though in some
instances the diagnosis included in the 92 cases must be accepted
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.
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:—