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Paddington 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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[Appendix IV.
TABLE 31. Cancer. Deaths during 1900, classified according to situation.
| 1900. | St. Mary. | St. John. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. | O. | C. | O. | |||||
| m. | F. | m. | f. | m. | f. | m. | f. | |
| 1. Nervous System | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2. Organs of Special Sense | ||||||||
| 3. Respiratory System | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| 4. Circulatory System | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5. Digestive System— | ||||||||
| (a) Mouth | 1 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| (b) Throat | 5 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — |
| i. Stomach | 5 | 5 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| ii. Bowel | 3 | 5 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | |
| iii. Rectum | 2 | 6 | — | — | 1 | — | l | — |
| (d) Organs— | ||||||||
| i. Liver | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — |
| ii. Pancreas | — | |||||||
| (e) Peritoneum | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| (/) Omentum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6. Lymphatic System | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 7. Urinary System | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| 8. Generative System— | ||||||||
| — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| (b) Uterus | — | 14 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — |
| (c) External Organs | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | 10 | — | 4 | — | 3 | — | — | |
| 9. Osseous System— | ||||||||
| (a) Head | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | ||
| (c) Abdomen | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| (d) Extremities | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | |
| 10. Cutaneous System | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 11. Insufficiently described | 1 | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 30 | 54 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 2 |
"C." includes cancer, carcinoma, and malignant disease.
"0." includes sarcoma, scirrhus, epithelioma, &c.
" M."—Males.
" F."—Females.