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Table K—Cancer. Deaths during 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906 and 1907.
All
ages
15 to
20.
35 to
45.
85 & upwards.
Under
15.
20 to
25.
25 to
35.
45 to
55.
55 to
65.
65 to
75.
75 to
85.
M
F
M
M
M
F
F
M
F
F
M
F
F
Sex.
F
M
F
M
F
M
M
-
11
1
7
8
8
7
Cancer of rectum
57
1
1
2
5
4
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
Cancer of stomach
75
2
1
5
5
9
3
13
5
11
13
4
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Cancer of bowel
2
1
1
2
4
2
1
1
1
1
16
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Cancer of liver
1
1
2
7
6
7
12
3
13
4
4
61
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Cancer of breast
47
1
8
17
12
1
7
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Cancer of female
pelvis, uterus, &c.
30
9
22
-
-
-
6
12
3
83
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
2
10
10
1
-
Cancer of oesophagus
32
7
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Cancer of mouth,
tongue, pharynx
and lower jaw
-
-
13
1
3
44
5
11
8
1
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Cancer of peritoneum
3
2
1
1
-
11
1
1
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
5
15
5
18
10
Cancer of other parts
82
1
3
14
8
-
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Malignant disease,
kind not stated.
1
-
1
-
-
-
1
4
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
4
3
2
3
1
3
5
3
4
4
3
1
Sarcoma
42
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
Totals
67
62
11
3
83
87
4
3
3
1
7
22
39
59
60
1
4
554
3
22
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Heart Diseases.
144 deaths were due to this cause, which number is 19 below that for the previous year.
This refers to organic or valvular disease of the heart.
Suicides.
11 persons committed suicide in 1907, viz., 2 by poison, '2 by hanging or strangulation,
2 by drowning, 1 by shooting, and 4 by cut or stab.
Accidents.
84 deaths were due to accidents, against 111 in the previous year. Particulars will be
found in the extended table of the Causes of Death in the Appendix.
Other Violent Causes.
There were two deaths by homicide caused by cutting the throat (child aged 3 and girl
aged 18).
II.—NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
In Table III. of Appendix will be found particulars of infectious diseases notified during
the year under report.
The number of cases notified was 1530, compared with 1536 in 1906, and 1139 in 1905.
The diseases which show an increase on the numbers for the previous year are : —scarlet, fever
(46), enteric fever (3), puerperal fever (3), and cerebro-spinal meningitis (7), while those
showing a decrease are smallpox (]), diphtheria (19), erysipelas (43) and typhus fever (2). The
number of cases notified in the registration sub-districts was 1023 in Bermondsey against 937
in 1906, 410 in Rotherhithe against 454, and 97 in St. Olave's against 145 in 1906.
The attack rate per thousand inhabitants was 12.0, the rate for the sub-districts being
12.5 for Bermondsey, 10.7 for Rotherhithe, and 12.0 for St. Olave's. The corresponding rates
in the previous year were 12.0 for the Borough, 11.4 for Bermondsey, 11.9 for Rotherhithe, and
17.4 for St. Olave's.
71 cases were returned from hospital as not suffering from the disease for which they
were notified, bat if allowance is made for mild unreported cases, the recorded notifications
would, if anything, understate the actual number of cases.
Small-pox.
There were no cases of smallpox notified during 1907.
Typhus Fever.
No cases of this disease were notified during the year under report.
Diphtheria.
There were 311 cases of diphtheria notified in 1907. of which 209 occurred in Bermondsey,
80 in Rotherhithe and 22 in St. Olave's. This is a decrease on 1906, for which the figures