Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1910
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The parts affected are set out below:—
Cancer and Malignant Disease of various parts of the body. | 1910. | 1901-9. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Face, Tongue and Jaw | 13 | 62 | 75 | |
Throat, Neck and Gullet | 5 | 72 | 77 | |
Stomach | 15 | 92 | 107 | |
Intestines | 13 | 141 | 154 | |
Liver | 2 | 90 | 92 | |
Pancreas | 2 | 16 | 18 | |
Breast | 9 | 58 | 67 | |
Womb | 8 | 108 | 116 | |
Various | 12 | 86 | 98 | |
Totals | 79 | 725 | 804 |
The sites of the disease differ in the two sexes—in man they are
chiefly those parts concerned with feeding and assimilation of food,
the mouth, tongue, liver and intestines, in women the parts concerned
with child bearing and reproduction, the womb and the
breast.
ALCOHOLISM.
Alcoholism and Cirrhosis of the Liver caused 40 deaths in
1910. Cirrhosis of the Liver is the euphemism under which, in
deference to the susceptibilities of relatives and friends, alcoholism
is masked on death certificates. It is quite uncommon to find
alcohol entered as a cau^e of death, except in the case of those
who are friendless, homeless, unknown, destitute, or who die in
the workhouse or workhouse infirmary.