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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 1904
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1904 including annual report on factories and workshops
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It 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 79 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:—
| Cancer and Malignant Disease of various parts of the body. | 1901 | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Face, Tongue, Jaw | — | 7 | 12 | 7 | 26 |
| Throat, Neck, Gullet | — | 8 | 7 | 8 | 23 |
| Stomach | 9 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 45 |
| Intestines | 10 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 52 |
| Liver | 10 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 40 |
| Pancreas | — | — | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Omentum | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Breast | 6 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 31 |
| Uterus | 16 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 51 |
| Testis | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Bladder | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Various | 21 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 37 |
| Totals | 72 | 72 | 92 | 79 | 315 |
An examination of the returns for 1904 reveals the following
two facts: (a) the cases of cancer in men recorded in Finsbury
numbered 32, of which 27, or 84.3 per cent., were cases of cancer
of the alimentary canal including jaw and tongue; (b) the cases