[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough] page 60

St Pancras 1922

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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60
SYPHILIS.

Table: In the following table are given the age and sex distribution of deaths certified daring 1922 as due to (a)declared syphilis, (6) locomotor ataxy and general paralysis of the insane, which are believed by most authorities to be late manifestations of the disease, and (c) aortic aneurysm, which many authorities now consider to be at any rate frequently caused by it:—

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In the following table are given the age and sex distribution of deaths certified daring 1922 as due to (a)declared syphilis, (6) locomotor ataxy and general paralysis of the insane, which are believed by most authorities to be late manifestations of the disease, and (c) aortic aneurysm, which many authorities now consider to be at any rate frequently caused by it:—

	0—1	1—5	5—15	15—25	25—35	35—45	45—55	55- 05	65—75	75—65	85 up.	Total Males.	0-1	1-5	5-15	15—25	25—35	35—45	45—55	55—65	65—75	75—85	85 up.	Total Females.	Total Persons.
Syphilis	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	3	6	—	—	1	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	9	12
Locomotor ataxy	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	1	1	—	—	6	—	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6
General paralysis of the insane	—	—	—	—	2	7	7	2	_	_	_	18	_	_	_	_	1	1	1	2	_	_	_	5	23
Aortic aneurysm	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	1	1	—	—	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2		—	2	7

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CANCER.
302 deaths were registered during 1922 as due to cancer, under the various names of
cancer, carcinoma, epithelioma, scirrhus, sarcoma, &c.
This is equal to a death-rate of 1.42 per 1,000 population.

Table: The sex distribution of the deaths and death-rates is shown in the following table

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The sex distribution of the deaths and death-rates is shown in the following table

Sex.	No. of Deaths.	Death-rates per 1,000 males or females living (based on estimated population 1922).
Males	157	1.57
Females	145	1.29
Both Sexes	302	1.42

Table: The deaths registered as due to cancer are set out in the following table for the past 15 years:—

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The deaths registered as due to cancer are set out in the following table for the past 15 years:—

Sex.	1908	1909	1910	1911	1912	1913	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919	1920	1921	Average for 14 years.	1922
Males	—	—	—	—	—	127	127	120	125	135	125	114	150	140	—	157
Females	—	—	—	—	—	158	140	138	142	146	144	131	149	150	—	145
Both Sexes	288	232	266	274	247	285	267	258	267	281	269	245	299	290	269	302

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Table: The sex distribution of the deaths and death-rates is shown in the following table

Table: The deaths registered as due to cancer are set out in the following table for the past 15 years:—