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deaths, all the sufferers (except two) were amongst persons
aged over 25 years. I estimate the number of persons
over this age living in Bethnal Green at 57,200.
On this number the cancer mortality was 1.97 per
thousand; the organs and parts of the body chiefly
affected were as under:-
Stomach
20
Uterus and Female organs of Generation
19
Intestines
17
Liver and Pancreas
13
Female Breast
12
Œsophagus
8
Jaw, Face and Orbit
5
Tongue
3
Larynx
3
Lung and Mediastinum
3
Brain
2
Testicle
1
Kidney
1
GLANDERS.
Under the Notification of Glanders Order, 1907, seventeen
cases of this disease amongst horses, have been
reported to me by Mr. Shaw the Veterinary Inspector.
No action beyond recording the particulars for reference
has been taken by this authority.
INQUESTS.*
The Coroner held 277 inquests at the Court, in Church
Row, upon the bodies of 159 males and 118 females;
96 of these were infants aged less than twelve months.
Ninety-eight of the inquests were upon persons who
had died violent deaths. Twenty-four infants died
from suffocation; ten persons died from burns and
* 53 weeks.