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The following table shows the number of deaths from cancer at several age-periods in each
of the sanitary districts of the Administrative County. For the purposes of this table, deaths
occurring in public institutions belonging to London have been distributed to the sanitary areas
in which the deceased had previously resided—
Cancer—Deaths,1 1898.
Sanitary district.
0-
5-
10-
15-
20-
25-
35-
45-
55-
65-
75-
85
&
up.
All ages.
Paddington
1
—
—
2
—
1
10
24
32
29
20
4
123
Kensington
—
—
1
—
1
6
15
43
48
46
23
3
186
Hammersmith
—
—
—
—
—
4
6
14
28
21
18
—
91
Fulham
1
—
—
1
—
2
19
29
28
10
5
1
96
Chelsea
—
—
L
—
1
1
12
22
34
15
12
—
98
St. George, Hanover-square
—
—
—
—
—
3
7
18
28
18
8
1
83
Westminster
—
—
—
2
1
—
7
16
9
14
6
—
55
St. James
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
5
8
8
1
—
24
Marylebone
—
1
—
—
—
6
17
42
40
39
17
4
166
Hampstead
—
—
—
—
—
1
6
18
21
22
10
1
79
Pancras
—
—
—
1
2
10
23
£1
64
47
22
1
221
Islington
3
—
1
—
3
7
27
71
69
71
31
4
287
Stoke Newington
—
—
—
—'
—
1
1
6
7
13
6
—
34
Hackney
—
1
1
—
2
6
11
39
57
44
22
1
184
St. Giles
—
—
—
—
—
3
8
10
13
13
5
2
54
St. Martin-in-the-Fields
—
—
—
—
—
_
1
4
2
3
—
—
10
Strand
—
—
—
—
—
4
2
2
5
4
1
—
18
Holborn
1
—
—
—
—
1
4
7
4
4
1
—
22
Clerkenwell
—
—
1
1
1
1
3
6
10
11
4
—
38
St. Luke
—
—
—
—
—
3
3
7
11
8
—
—
32
London, City of
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
8
12
1
1
—
22
Shoreditch
—
—
—
1
2
2
18
25
26
14
4
1
93
Bethnal-green
1
1
—
—
—
3
13
20
21
17
8
—
84
Whitechapel
—
—
1
—
—
2
8
11
14
8
7
1
52
St. George in-the-East
1
1
—
—
—
1
2
10
7
12
2
—
36
Limehouse
1
—
—
—
—
—
7
10
13
14
4
—
49
Mile-end Old-town
1
—
—
—
1
7
5
21
13
16
6
2
72
Poplar
1
—
—
—
—
7
18
27
43
22
4
—
122
St. Saviour, Southwark
—
—
—
—
—
1
6
5
6
8
1
—
27
St. George, Southwark
1
—
—
2
—
4
7
12
13
9
5
—
53
Newington
1
—
—
1
—
7
13
21
22
30
3
1
99
St. Olave
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
3
4
1
1
—
10
Bermondsey
—
—
—
—
1
—
9
14
17
12
5
1
59
Rotherhithe
—
—
—
—
—
1
2
6
6
4
3
—
22
Lambeth
2
—
—
1
1
10
33
76
71
67
24
2
287
Battersea
—
—
1
1
1
5
14
33
33
21
9
1
119
Wandsworth
1
1
1
1
2
8
16
37
35
42
24
3
171
Camberwell
3
—
1
3
3
9
19
65
65
50
20
2
240
Greenwich
1
—
1
1
—
2
20
30
46
30
14
1
146
Lewisham
—
2
1
—
—
3
8
15
42
34
15
3
123
Woolwich
—
—
—
—
—
1
2
6
11
11
4
1
36
Lee
—
—
—
—
—
—
6
7
8
11
3
—
35
Plumstead
—
—
—
—
—
—
3
8
17
12
6
—
46
London
20
7
11
18
22
134
413
904
1,063
886
385
41
3,904
With respect to the distribution of cancer, the medical officer of health of Kensington states
that deaths from malignant disease "are usually more numerous, proportionately to population,
in the Brompton sub-district than in the relatively poorer town sub-district, cancer being quite as
prevalent, probably even more prevalent, amongst well-to-do people, than in the poorer classes."
The question whether there is any evidence that persons living in certain districts and houses are
more prone to die of this disease than others, is engaging the attention of the medical officer of
health of Paddington, who has for this purpose analysed the deaths from cancer in that district in
1898. So far as the one year's experience goes he does not find the deaths associated with any
special areas.
Glanders.
Two deaths were registered from glanders during the year.
One case was a man aged 18 years, who died in St. George's Hospital in June. He had been
employed in some stables in Fulham where a pony had suffered from glanders, and been destroyed
for that reason. The other case was a man aged 32 years, who died in St. Thomas' Hospital, where
he had been removed from Wandsworth.
Anthrax.
Four cases of anthrax were admitted into Guy's Hospital. All recovered after operation.
The medical officer of health of St. Olave reports that three were contracted from infected hides,
and one from infected horse-hair.
1 See footnote page 3.