[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough] page 19

Kensington 1923

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]

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Canoer.—Cancer caused 269 deaths, and of this number 241 occurred in persons over the age
of 45 years. Carcinoma was the form of cancer to which 204 deaths were attributed; sarcoma
and epithelioma were the assigned cause of 31 deaths; 34 deaths were certified as due to cancer
or malignant disease without further definition.

Table: The parts of the body which were affected in each case are shown in the following table:— DEATHS FROM CANCER 1923.

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The parts of the body which were affected in each case are shown in the following table:— DEATHS FROM CANCER 1923.

Parts Affected.		Sex.
		Male.	Female.	Total.
		Male.	Female.	Total.
Buccal Cavity		8	2	10
Stomach, Liver, etc.	-	39	22	61
Peritoneum, Intestines, Rectum	.	25	38	63
Female Genital Organs	-	...	28	28
Breast	-	...	39	39
Skin	-	...	....-	...
Other and unspecified Organs	-	35	33	68
Totals	-	107	162	269

Table: The deaths in the several wards, etc., are set out in the following table:—

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The deaths in the several wards, etc., are set out in the following table:—


The Borough	269
North Kensington	111
South Kensington	154
Wards.
St. Charles	29
Golborne	29
Norland	25
Pembridge	28
Holland	34
Earl's Court	34
Queen's Gate	26
Redcliffe	40
Brompton	20
Ward Unknown	4

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The deaths from cancer are gradually growing in number, not only in Kensington, but throughout
the whole country, and this disease, with the exception of affections of the heart, is now the
commonest cause of death.
During the year, a Departmental Committee on Cancer was appointed by the Minister of
Health for the purpose of bringing together and analysing all the evidence available in regard to
this disease, and if the labours of this Committee do not lead to any actual discovery, the public
will, at least, know the present position of scientific knowledge in regard to cancer.
In connection with the work of this Departmental Committee, every case of cancer of the
breast proving fatal in Kensington in 1923 has been investigated by officers of the Public Health
Department, and the particulars obtained have been forwarded to the Ministry of Health.
TUBERCULOSIS.
During the year 280 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis and 123 cases of non-pulmonary
tuberculosis were notified.

Table: The following table shows the number of cases of both forms of the disease notified in the Borough and the several Wards therein during each year since 1913.

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The following table shows the number of cases of both forms of the disease notified in the Borough and the several Wards therein during each year since 1913.

District.	Years.
District.	1913.	1914.	1915.	1916.	1917.	1918.	1919.	1920.	1921.	1922.	1923.
The Borough	849	682	564	429	543	432	582	407	374	339	403
North Kensington	642	516	423	300	406	331	445	294	272	233	267
South Kensington	186	138	133	127	137	101	137	113	102	106	136
Wards. St. Charles	146	117	93	75	113	79	104	70	66	48	61
Wards. St. Charles	146	117	93	75	113	79	104	70	66	48	61
Golborne	228	176	147	106	124	101	150	88	89	80	86
Norland	190	162	134	79	102	99	124	93	30	76	85
Pembridge	78	61	49	40	67	52	67	43	37	29	35
Holland	37	35	43	31	41	35	36	36	29	28	26
Earl's Court	51	40	29	40	35	20	31	25	24	24	28
Queen's Gate	34	17	10	14	20	23	16	15	15	20	22
Redcliffe	39	31	35	27	23	16	33	25	19	23	41
Brompton	25	15	16	15	18	7	21	12	15	11	19
Ward Unknown	21	28	8	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Table: The parts of the body which were affected in each case are shown in the following table:— DEATHS FROM CANCER 1923.

Table: The deaths in the several wards, etc., are set out in the following table:—

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Table: The following table shows the number of cases of both forms of the disease notified in the Borough and the several Wards therein during each year since 1913.