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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hornsey 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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The following table gives the parts affected in the cases of Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis notified to me: —
| Glands | 9 |
| Bones and Joints | 5 |
| Larynx | 3 |
| Skin | 3 |
| Hip | 2 |
| Peritoneum | 1 |
| Pleura | 1 |
| Fallopian tubes | 1 |
| • | 25 |
Cancer.—There were 119 deaths registered as due to Cancel
in 1919 as against 130 deaths from this cause in 1913 and 110 in
1917. This is a decrease of 11 deaths on 1918, and an increase
of 9 deaths from the number registered in 1917. The death-rate
from Cancer per thousand of the population is equal to 1.26,
about one-eighth of the total death-rate.