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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bethnal Green 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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30
CANCER,
Cancer was responsible for 144 deaths or 11 per
cent. of the total deaths in the Borough. The local
distribution of the disease in these deaths was as
follows :—
M. F. Total.
Buccal cavity, pharynx 10 2 12
Digestive organs and
peritoneum 41 33 74
(Esophagus (6-1)
Stomach (17-10)
Intestines (5-10)
Rectum (5-5)
Others (8-7)
Respiratory organs 20 5 25
Uterus — 7 7
Other female genital
organs — 2 2
Breast — 13 13
Male genito - urinary
organs 5 — 5
Skin — — —
Other or unspecified
organs 2 4 6
78 66 144
DEATHS FROM MOTOR TRAFFIC.
I continue to draw attention to the increasing
mortality from motor traffic accidents in the streets.
The following cases occurred in 1933 :