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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
London County Council 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Metropolitan borough. | Cancer (otherwise undistinguished).—Deaths at ages—1910 (365 days). | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | 85 and upwards | All Ages. | |
| Paddington | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 5 | - | 41 |
| Kensington | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 18 | 7 | - | 64 |
| Hammersmith | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 37 |
| Fulham | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 6 | - | 40 |
| Chelsea | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | - | 23 |
| Westminster, City of | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 11 | - | 47 |
| St. Marylebone | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 13 | 3 | - | 64 |
| Hampstead | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 5 | - | 24 |
| St. Pancras | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 6 | - | 60 |
| Islington | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 11 | 29 | 45 | 38 | 19 | — | 144 |
| Stoke Newinpton | - | - | - | - | - | — | — | 2 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 |
| Hackney | 1 | - | - | - | - | — | 7 | 16 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 68 |
| Holbom | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| Finsbury | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | 4 | 8 | 2 | - | 18 |
| London, City of | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 5 |
| Shoreditch | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 7 | 10 | 4 | - | 27 |
| Bethnal Green | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 65 |
| Stepney | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 16 | 30 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 69 |
| Poplar | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 2 | - | 36 |
| Southwark | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 4 | - | 39 |
| Bermondsey | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 34 |
| Lambeth | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 84 |
| Battersea | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 59 |
| Wandsworth | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | 15 | 34 | 36 | 15 | 1 | 109 |
| Camberwell | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 9 | 12 | 32 | 29 | 4 | - | 91 |
| Deptford | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 2 | - | 31 |
| Greenwich | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 26 |
| Lewisham | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 37 |
| Woolwich | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 3 | - | 46 |
| London | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 100 | 279 | 441 | 386 | 157 | 16 | 1,424 |
The following table shows the proportional age-distribution of the deaths in London during 1910 (365 days) classified under the three headings—
| Type of cancer. | All ages. | Under 35. | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75 | 85 and upwards. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarcoma | 1,000 | 329 | 161 | 154 | 221 | 89 | 43 | 3 |
| Carcinoma | 1,000 | 27 | 92 | 224 | 285 | 261 | 99 | 12 |
| Cancer (not otherwise defined) | 1,000 | 32 | 70 | 196 | 310 | 271 | 110 | 11 |
| Total | 1,000 | 47 | 89 | 212 | 288 | 254 | 99 | 11 |
In the report for the year 1909 a table was included showing the cancer death-rates in the
period 1901-9 in areas presenting different degrees of overcrowding, the object being to compare the
death-rates of populations differently circumstanced in respect of " social condition."
The following table shows the death-rates for the period 1901-10 according to "social
condition" as defined in footnote (a) page 24.
| Number of group of boroughs in order of "social condition." | Crude cancer death-rate per 1,000 persons living. | Corrected death-rate per 1,000 persons living. | Corrected death-rate (London, 1,000). |
|---|---|---|---|
| I. | 0.983 | 0.943 | 968 |
| 11. | 1.054 | 0.956 | 983 |
| III. | 1.027 | 1.003 | 1,030 |
| IV. | 0.892 | 0.974 | 1,000 |
| V. | 0.845 | 0.949 | 974 |
| London | 0.974 | 0.974 | 1,000 |
Cancer
death-rates
in relation to
"social
condition,"
1901-1910.
These figures and those contained in previous reports appear to indicate that there is no
relation between cancer mortality and social condition, whether measured by the degree of overcrowding
or by the percentage of children scheduled for compulsory education, and in this respect
the behaviour of cancer differs altogether from that of phthisis (see page 55).