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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

Islington 1904

Forty-ninth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington

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Table: Cancer or Malignant Disease.-To Cancer were ascribed 323 deaths, a return, which, although 27 less than of the preceding year, is nevertheless 27 above the corrected average of the preceding ten years, as may be seen in the following return :—

Cancer or Malignant Disease.-To Cancer were ascribed 323 deaths, a return, which, although 27 less than of the preceding year, is nevertheless 27 above the corrected average of the preceding ten years, as may be seen in the following return :—

Years.DeathsDeaths per 10,000 Pop.Years.Deaths.Deaths per 10,000 Pop.
18912186.819003039.9
18922196.819012898.6
18932387.319023269.5
18942397.2190335010.3
18952667.9
18962918.5Corrected Average2968.70
18973049.0
18982838.4
18992708.019043239.47

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Out of the 323 deaths registered during the year 305, or 94 per cent.,
took place amongst people over thirty-five years of age. The deaths from the
disease occur in the greatest number, as well as in the highest proportion to
the persons living, at the age period 65-75, although the numbers dying
between 35 to 45, 45 to 55, and 55 to 65 are also very considerable. This
is well seen in the following return for the last five years.
Ages. 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903. 1904.
0- 5 1 — 3 4 1
5-15 2 1 3 3 2
15-2532575
25-35 6 8 8 5 10
35-45 32 33 29 43 43
45-55 79 63 75 75 61
55-65 92 76 103 95 84
65-75 58 75 70 83 90
75-85 27 27 27 34 22
85 and upwards 3 4 3 1 5
303 289 326 350 323
The parts of the human frame attacked by the disease as shown by the
medical certificates are numerous. Thus death was ascribed in 36 instances,
(17 males and 19 females) to cancer of the liver; in 35 instances (27 males and
8 females) to cancer of the stomach ; in 20 instances (18 males and 2 females)
to cancer of the oesophagus ; and in 54 instances (23 males and 31 females) to
cancer of the various parts of the intestines or their coverings. Among women
cancer of the uterus caused 43 deaths, and of the heart 30. The fullest particulars
of the parts affected by the disease, together with the ages and sex
of the persons who died are set out in a subsequent table (p. 78).