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Paddington 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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APPENDIX: CANCER—MALIGNANT DISEASE.

Table: TABLE XVII. CANCER: MALIGNANT DISEASE. 1919-20. Borough.

TABLE XVII. CANCER: MALIGNANT DISEASE. 1919-20. Borough.

Site of Disease.Carcinoma.Cancer.Epithelioma.ScirrhusSarcoma.Malignant Disease.Other FormsAll Forms.
M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
I. Nervous System
II. Organs of Special Sense— (c) Nose...1......1...........................11
III. Respiratory System— (a) Larynx51......1...........................61
(b) Lung2........................1...1......22
IV. Circulatory System
V. Digestive System—
(a) Mouth—
(i.) Tongue6...2.................................8...
(ii.) Glands1...1...1..................2......32
(b) Throat—
(i.) Pharynx1...2..............................181
(ii.) (Esophagus111311...............1.........162
(c) Intestines—
(i.) Stomach291614.........11......1......3122
(ii.) Intestine142426...............122......1833
(iii.) Rectum91522..................1.........1217
(d) Organs—
(i.) Liver131513..................13......1521
(ii.) Pancreas35...........................1......36
(e) Peritoneum...1........................1.........11
(f) Omentum...1.......................................1
VI. Lymphatic System—
(a) Head and Neck—
(ii.) Cervical Glands........................21............21
(b) Thorax—
(i.) Mediastinal Glands...2..................21............23
(d) Extremities—
(i.) Axillary Glands...1.......................................1
VII. Urinary System—
(a) Kidney...1..............................1...11
(b) Bladder23........................2.........43
(c) Prostate6.......................................6...
VIII. Generative System—
(a) Ovary, Testicle...6..................11111...38
(b) Uterus...28...4............1...1.........34
(c) External Genitals31....................................31
(d) Breast134...4...1...2..................141
IX. Osseous & Muscular Systems211...............12............43
X. Cutaneous System—
(a) Head and Neck1.........41..................1...61
(c) Abdomen............1...........................1...
(d) Extremities
(i.) Upper...............1...........................1
XI. Not sufficiently described...1..................11...1......13
Totals109158152493...389 91331158211
Age as death.0-................................................
20-...1...........................1......2
25-21.....................1.........123
85-510...21.........221...1...1014
45-2034433......122...3......2943
55-3642452......1232124852
65-32425812...11163......4557
75-14282621......1......5......1940