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Cancer.
During the year 1928 66 deaths were recorded as due to Cancer in comparison
with 50 in the previous year. The deaths in 1928 were equal to a rate of 1.68 per
thousand, the corresponding rate in 1927 being 118 per thousand. In the year
1908 the death rate from Cancer in the Borough was only 0.93, the decennial
average rate was 1.19 for the ten years, 1908-1917, and 1.38 for the ten years,
1918-1927.
It will be seen that the death rate from Cancer in the Borough in 1928 was, unfortunately,
higher than in the previous year, being 1.68 per thousand in comparison with 1.18 per
thousand. The rate, however, for one year in districts of comparatively small populations
does not furnish a reliable indication of the prevalence of a particular disease. The decennial
rates which afford much more reliable indication of the seriousness of Cancer show that in the
past 20 years there has apparently been a marked increase in the death rate from this disease,
for while the decimal average for the ten years, 1908-1917, was 1.19, the corresponding rate for
the ten years, 1918-1927, was 1.38. Some part of this increase may reasonably be attributed
to improved facilities for diagnosis. The figures indicate the high mortality from malignant
diseases.
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
Notification of Births.
During the year 301 births were registered as occurring in the Borough.
During the same period 301 notifications of births occurring in the Borough were
received. Of these, 293 were from doctors and midwives, 8 from parents.
The mothers were attended at their confinement by:—
Private Doctors 90
Private Midwives 47
Out-patient Midwifery Departments of General Hospitals and
Institutions:—
Externs and others 48
Midwives.—University College Hospital 27
Middlesex Hospital 18
Other Institutions 34
Training Institution for Midwives, Myddelton
Square 37
301
Twenty-two notifications related to stillbirths, and two notified the births of
twins.
Number of Birth?.
The number of births transferred to the Borough from outlying
institutions was 184
The number of births transferred from the Borough to other
districts was 12
The number of net births belonging to the Borough was 473
There are no Maternity Hospitals or Public Lying-in Institutions in the Borough
but maternity cases are admitted to certain nursing homes in the area.