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64
CANCER AND MALIGNANT
DISEASE.
There were 86 deaths certified during 1907 as due to cancerous
or maligant disease, which gives a special death rate of 0.89 per
1,000. The age and sex incidence of these deaths was as
follows:—
Ages
Under
10 years
10 and
under 20
20 and
under 30
30 and
under 40
40 and
under 50
50 and
under 60
60 and
under 70
70 and
upw'rds
Total
Males 1 3 1 4 2 10 12 6 39
Females - - - 2 11 9 10 15 47
Totals, 1907 1 3 1 6 13 19 22 21 86
Totals, 1906 — — 2 3 12 17 31 19 84
Totals, 1905 1 2 — 1 11 15 18 17 65
Totals, 1904 1 1 3 I5 13 22 22 12 79
Totals, 1903 — 1 2 10 13 29 23 14 92
Totals, 1902 — — — 1 16 17 18 20 72
Totals, 1901 1 2 2 8 14 18 14 13 72
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 86 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 have been attributed
to other causes when they should have been allocated to cancerous
disease.