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MALIGNANT DISEASE.
Cancerous diseases caused 108 deaths; all except two
amongst persons aged over 25 years. The estimated
number of inhabitants of Bethnal Green aged over
25 years is 56,900; on this number we shew a cancer
mortality of T8 per thousand living. The parts of the
body chiefly affected by Malignant disease were:—
Uterus & female organs of generation 18
Liver and Pancreas 18
Stomach 16
Rectum 11
Intestines 9
Female breast 7
Œsophagus 5
Jaw 4
Tongue 3
Bladder 2
SUICIDES.
These numbered 20:—seven hanged themselves;
six took poison (Oxalic Acid three, Muriatic Acid one,
Carbolic Acid one, Bichromate of Potash one); three
drowned themselves; two strangled themselves; one
shot himself and another jumped out of window.
INQUEST CASES.
The Coroner held 247 inquests at the Court in Church
Row; 114 of these were upon persons who had died by
violence.
Nine deaths were registered without medical certificates,
they were nearly all cases of premature birth
or convulsions causing death shortly after birth.