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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
Hampstead 1905
Report for the year 1905 of the Acting Medical Officer of Health
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The total mortality, therefore, from Tuberculosis in 1905 was 95,
or 11·6 per cent. of the total deaths from all causes, as compared with
102 or 11·4 per cent. in 1904.
Alcoholism and Cirrhosis of the Liver.
In all, 11 deaths were recorded from Alcoholism and Cirrhosis of
the Liver, the latter a condition most frequently associated with alcoholic
intemperance.
Cancer and other Malignant Disease.
73 deaths, or 8·9 per cent. of the total deaths, were certified as
being due to Cancer and other malignant disease, as compared with 85
or 9·5 per cent. in 1904.
Of the total deaths under this heading, 3 were certified as due to
Epithelioma, 4 to Sarcoma, 2 to Scirrhus Cancer, and 64 to other
malignant growths, merely described in the death certificates as
Carcinoma, Cancer, or Malignant disease.
Of the total deaths from this disease, 50 were of females and 23 of
males, and all occurred in persons over the age of 25, of which 34 were
of persons of 65 years of age or upwards.
Career deaths.
| Year. | Per 1000 of the estimated population. | Per cent. of total deaths from all causes. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males and Females. | Males. | Females. | ||
| 1901 | 0·93 | 8·8 | 3·3 | 5·5 |
| 1902 | 1·09 | 10·0 | 4·1 | 5·9 |
| 1903 | 1·23 | 12·5 | 3·1 | 9·4 |
| 1904 | 0·98 | 9·5 | 3·1 | 6·4 |
| 1905 | 0·83 | 8·9 | 2·8 | 6·1 |
In considering the percentages of Cancer deaths of males and females, if
should be borne in mind that at the Census of 1901, 38·7 per cent. of the
population were males, and 61·3 per cent. of the population were females.
Diseases of the Circulatory System.
These accounted for 133 deaths, or 16·2 per cent. of the total deaths,
as compared with 79 or 8·8 per cent. in 1904.