View report page

40 cancer.
In one-room homes separate sleeping accommodation, except where the home is occupied
by one person only (there were 13 such homes), is impossible. In other homes of all classes
11 of the deceased had separate bedrooms, and 26 others separate beds but not separate
bedrooms.
In 25 houses previous cases of fatal consumption were known to have occurred:—
16 had one previous case each;
8 „ two „ ,,; and
1 „ three „ „
Insanitary conditions were noted at 24 houses, including 11 cases of dirty and 8 of damp
premises.
Other Tubercular Diseases.—From these causes there were 56 deaths last year, 2 more
than the totals for 1904 and 1903 (54 each year). The deaths comprised 27 from tubercular
meningitis and 29 from other forms. (See Table IV., Appendix.) The death-rate last year
was 0.37 for the Borough, 0.45 for St. Mary's Sub-District, 0.14 for that of St. John, and 0.41
for that of North-West Paddington, all of the rates being below the respective decennial
mean rates. (See below.)

In Table 12 will be found the mortality rates for the Adjacent Boroughs.
"CANCER."
Under this term are included several varieties of malignant new growths. The deaths
attributed to them numbered 149, 7 less than in 1904, 10 less than in 1903, but 15 more than
in 1902. The deceased persons comprised 56 (1904, 54) males and 93 (1904, 102) females.
Of the 149 deaths, 105 (1904, 96) were recorded from St. Mary Sub-District, 28 (1904, 48)
from St. John, and 16 (1904, 12) from North-West Paddington. (The sex-age distribution of
last year's deaths will be found in Table IV., Appendix.) The numbers of deaths returned
from each Ward during the past five years (1901-05) show striking variations year by year
for which no explanation can be offered. (See below.)

The mortality in the Borough last year was at the rate of 1.01 per 1,000 persons of all
ages, slightly less than that for 1904 (1.06). On the other hand, the rates for the
Sub-Districts St. Mary (1.07) and North-West Paddington (0.95) were above those for 1904