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Paddington 1922

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

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appendix: cancer—malignant disease.

TABLE XII. Cancer: Malignant Disease. 1922. Borough.

Site of Disease.Carcinoma.Cancer.Epithelioma.ScirrhusSarcoma.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—
(a) Brain---------------1
II.Organs of Special Sense—
(b) Eye---------------1
III.Respiratory System—
(a) Larynx4—1—1---------6—
(b) Lung--------------2-
IV.Circulatory System—
(a) Heart---------1-----1
V.Digestive System —
(a) Mouth————' ————————————
(i.) Tongue2———31————————51
(ii.) Glands, Secretory12——2—————————32
(6) Throat—
(i.) Pharynx1---1---------2—
(ii.) Œsophagus102--2---1-----132
(c) Intestines— (i.) Stomach, Pylorus161111----------1712
(ii.) Intestine1010—3--------——1013
(iii.) Rectum812—1----------813
(d) Organs-
(i.) Liver23—2----------25
(ii.) Pancreas31------------31
(e) Peritoneum---------------1
VI.Lymphatic System—
(a) Head & Neck----------------
(ii.) Cervical Lymphatics21-----------—21
(b) Thorax—
(i.) Mediastinal Glands1-------2-----3—
(d) Extremities—
(i.) Upper---------1-----1
(ii.) Lower—-------------2-
VII.Urinary System—
(b) Bladder2--1------1---31
(c) Prostate4—1-----------5-
VIII.Generative System—
(a) Ovary—--------------3
(b) Uterus-13-2-----------15
(c) External Genitals————11——-—————11
(d) Breast—15—1——-1-------17
IX.Osseous & Muscular System—
(a) Head & Neck3———1—-—13-———53
(b) Thorax--------------1-
X.Cutaneous System—
(a) Head & Neck-----1---1---1*-3
Totals7172311113—17101——19398
Ages at Death.0---------1-----1-
20---------1-----1—
25-12----------——12
35-36-----——3-———39
45-1814122—-—23-———2319
55-2615—271-122-———-3521
65-1423-421-—121——11831
175-91223—1--------1116

* Rodent Ulcer.