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Paddington 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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CANCER.
TABLE 27.
Cancer : Malignant Disease. 1914.
Borough.
| Site of Disease. | Carcinoma. | Cancer. | Epithelioma. | Scirrhus. | Sarcoma. | Malignant Disease. | Other Forms. | All, Forms. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| I. Nervous System. 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | ||
| II. Organs of Special Sense. | |||||||||||||||||
| III. Respiratory System. | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | ||
| — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |||
| IV. Circulatory System ... | |||||||||||||||||
| V. Digestive System. | |||||||||||||||||
| (a) Mou:h. | |||||||||||||||||
| (i.) Tongue | 2 | — | 1 | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | |
| 2 | — | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | T | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 2 | ||
| (b) Throat. | |||||||||||||||||
| (i.) Pharynx | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| 6 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 8 | — | ||
| (c) Intestines. | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 13 | 14 | |||
| 4 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 7 | 11 | |||||||||
| 3 | 10 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | 12 | ||
| (d) Organs. | |||||||||||||||||
| (i.) Liver ... | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 8 | 12 | |
| 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | ||
| VI. Lymphatic System. | |||||||||||||||||
| (i.) Thyroid Gland | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | 2 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | ||
| (i.) Mediastinal Glands | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | ||
| VII. Urinary System. | |||||||||||||||||
| — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | 3 | |||
| 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | |||
| 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| VIII. Generative System. | |||||||||||||||||
| — | 3 | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 5 | ||
| — | 18 | — | 6 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 26 | ||
| — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | ||
| — | 19 | — | 7 | V— | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 32 | ||
| IX. Osseous System. | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 5 | 2 | ||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | ||
| X. Cutaneous System | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1(*) | — | 2 | 2 | ||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | |||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| XI. Insufficiently | |||||||||||||||||
| described | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Totals | 47 | 82 | 9 | 22 | 5 | 6 | — | 6 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 3 — | 80 | 131 | ||
| Ages at Death. | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | ||
| 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | ||||
| 25 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| 35 | 2 | 7 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 4 | 10 | |
| 45 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | 27 | |
| 55 | 15 | 21 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 26 | 39 | |
| 65 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 4 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | — | — | 16 | 29 | |
| 75 | 7 | 14 | — | 2 | 1 | 21 | — | 2 | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 10 | 21 | |
| (*) Rodent ulcer of nose. | |||||||||||||||||