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Finsbury 1905
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1905 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 65 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 hate 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. | 1905. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Face, Tongue, Jaw | — | 7 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 33 |
| Throat, Neck, Gullet | — | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 31 |
| Stomach | 9 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 52 |
| Intestines | 10 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 62 |
| Liver | 10 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 43 |
| Pancreas | — | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| Breast | 6 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 42 |
| Uterus | 16 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 62 |
| Various | 21 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 48 |
| Totals | 72 | 72 | 92 | 79 | 65 | 380 |
An examination of the returns for 1905 reveals the following
two facts: (a) the cases of cancer in men recorded in Finsbury
numbered 29, of which 27, or 79.3 per cent., were cases of cancer
of the alimentary canal including jaw and tongue; (b) the cases
among women numbered 36, of which 9, or 25 per cent., were
cases of cancer of the alimentary canal, and 22, or 61.1 per cent.,
were cases of cancer of the breast or womb.
ALCOHOLISM.
During 1905 eight deaths were directly attributed to alcoholism
and delirium tremens. These figures do not, of course, represent