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In April, 1911, a Conference of Representatives of the Middlesex
County Council, the Borough Councils and Urban and
Rural District Councils in Middlesex, was held to consider the
question of the provision of a Sanatorium for Consumptives for
Middlesex.
The Conference was well attended, and after an interesting
discussion the following resolutions were passed:—
1. That it is desirable that each Local Authority, individually
or in combination, should establish and carry out the
work of an anti-tuberculosis dispensary.
2. That, in connection with dispensary treatment, it is
desirable that provision shall be made for the loan by Local
Authorities of open-air shelters to patients for use at their
homes.
3. That it is desirable that sanatorium accommodation
should be provided in Middlesex for the treatment of cases of
pulmonary consumption.
4. That the Local Government Board be memorialized
with a view to their taking the necessary steps to compel the
compulsory notification of consumption and other tuberculous
diseases.
As regards No. 4, as stated elsewhere, the Local Government
Board have now provided for the compulsory notification of
Phthisis.
Cancer.—There were 103 deaths registered as due to Cancer
in 1911, as against 88 deaths from this cause in 1910, and 75 in
1909. This is an increase of 15 deaths over 1910, and of 28
deaths overt the number registered in 1909. A glance at the table
below shews that the deaths in 1911 greatly exceed those of any
preceding year. The death-rate from cancer per thousand of the
population is equal to 121, about one-eighth of the total deathrate,
and much the highest from any single cause.
Reference to the chart appended shews an almost continuous
rise in the Cancer mortality from 1895 onwards.
The following table shews the deaths from Cancer in each
Ward of the Borough for the last 11 years and the death-rate from
Cancer in the whole Borough for each of these years.