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1913
All these diseases conjointly were responsible for 1,032 death, or slightly
over twenty per cent, of all the deaths registered in the year. The statistics
lor the last twenty-tv/o years show that they pursue a very even course, causing
on an average 1,033 deaths annually, which represent a mean death-rate of
317 per 1,000 of the population. This statement is borne out by the following
figures: —
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
Deaths
1,064
1,037
I.093
997
1,114
1,122
1,084
1,067
1,115
1,119
1,180
Death-rates.
3.32
3.21
3.18
3.02
3.33
3.26
3.21
3.17
3.32
3.33
3.22
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
Average
1913
Deaths.
1,101
1,070
1,116
1,007
1,042
1,041
1,048
1,032
989
943
1,023
1.033
1,032
Death-rates.
3.23
3.21
3.36
3.03
3.15
3.15
3.12
3.14
3.01
2.88
3.13
3.17
3.11
CANCER.
For many years past (since 1891) the Medical Officer of Health has
given a statement as to the mortality from Cancer with a view of attracting
special attention to its continuous increase; and he has also from time to time
added Tables which gave very full particulars of the ages of the patients
and the parts of their bodies which were affected. He would be glad if he
could give some indication of its decline, but, unfortunately, he cannot, for
its mortality continues to increase, so that the death-rate which was only 0.68
per 1,000, representing 218 deaths in 1891, was in 1913 1.22 per 1,000, representing
404 deaths. Thus, in twenty-three years the mortality has risen 85.3
per cent., an increase to which no other disease can approach. Furthermore, the
increase is common to both sexes, although greater among males than females;
for among the former the mortality has risen 131 per cent, since 1891, and
among the latter 61.8 per cent. Nevertheless, it still remains greater among
females. The particulars are given once more. They distinguish the males
from the females, and include the total number of persons who have
died, as well as the resulting death-rates.