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Paddington 1909

Report on the vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1909

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CANCER.

TABLE 24. Deaths from CANCER. 1909.

Seat of Disease.Carcinoma.Cancer.Epithelioma.Scirrhus.SarcomaMalignant Disease.Other Forms.All Forms.
m.f.m.f.M.f.m.f.m.f.m.f.m.f.M.f.
I. Nervous System.
(a) Brain.......................................1(a)...1
(b) Spinal cord.....................1..................1...
II. Organs of Special Senses.
III. Respiratory System.
(a) Larynx3.........1...........................7...
(b) Lung1.......................................1...
IV. Circulatory System.
V. Digestive System.
(a) Mouth.
(i) Tongue2...2...1...........................5...
(ii) Glands,etc.............2...........................2...
(b) Throat.
(ii) Œsophagus4......1..............................41
(c) Intestines.
(i) Stomach671.....................22......99
(ii) Bowel74...211............2.........107
(iii) Rectum4911.....................2......512
(d) Organs.
(i) Liver1532...............1...3......411
(ii) Pancreas11....................................11
VI. Lymphatic System.
(b) Thorax.
(i) Mediastinal
Glands•••.....................1...............1...
VII. Urinary System.
(a) Kidney........................11...1......12
(b) Bladder112.....................1.........41
VIII. Generative System.
(a) Testicle, Ovary...3...........................1.........4
(b) Uterus...12...3.....................1.........16
(c) External Genitals......1......1........................11
(d) Breast...11...8.........2...1...1.........23
IX. Osseous System.
(a) Head and Neck........................2...............2...
(b) Thorax........................1...1.........2...
(c) Abdomen...........................1...............1
(d) Extremities.
(ii) Lower...........................2...............2
X. Cutaneous System.
(a) Head and Neck.......................................1(b)...1
XI. Not sufficiently described...........................1(c)...2.........3
Totals3353101752...267613...26096
Ages at Death.0—................................................
10—....................................•••.........
15—........................1...•••.........1...
20-...........................2...............2
25—11..................23............34
35—17...4............2......2......313
45—552531...1......15...11118
55—141843...............211...l1925
65—715422.........1...21......1618
75-57...3...1...1......24......716

(a) Glioma. (b) Rodent ulcer. (c) Disseminated melanotic sarcoma.