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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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T able I —
| Disease. | Male. | Female. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Improved. | Not improved. | Died. | Improved. | Not. improved. | Died. | |
| Malignant disease of peritoneum | i | _ | — | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| „ „ lymphatic glands | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Carcinoma of glands of neck | 7 | — | 5 | 3 | — | — |
| „ thyroid | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Hypernephroma | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Carcinoma of kidney | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| „ bladder | 3 | — | 7 | 1 | — | |
| „ urethra | — | — | 1 | — | — | |
| „ prostate | 8 | 1 | 12 | — | — | — |
| „ penis | 12 | — | — | — | ||
| „ testis | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Malignant disease of ovary | — | — | — | 1 | 8 | |
| Carcinoma of body of uterus | — | — | — | 1 | ||
| „ cervix of uterus | — | — | — | 113 | 27 | |
| vagina | — | — | — | 3 | — | |
| „ vulva | — | — | — | 8 | ||
| breast | 3 | 1 | 67 | 9 | 24 | |
| Paget's disease of nipple | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Malignant disease of skin (nature not stated) | — | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Carcinoma (squamous) of skin | — | — | — | 4 | — | — |
| „ of lupus scar | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| „ skin of leg (ulcer) | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | 1 |
| „ cheek | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| „ skin of face | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| „ pinna | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| „ skin of neck | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| „ scrotum | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Total | 278 | 174 | 94 | 129 | ||
| Grand Total | 1,007 | |||||
Table II.
| Disease. | Year. | No. treated | Alive at end of | Remarks. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st year. | 2nd year. | 3rd year. | 4th year. | ||||
| Rodent ulcer | 1930 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 died intercurrent disease. | ||
| 1931 | 26 | 17 | 15 | — | 3 died intercurrent disease. | ||
| 1932 | 24 | 15 | 13 | — | — | 7 died intercurrent disease. | |
| 1933 | 30 | — | — | — | 4 died intercurrent disease. | ||
| 1 un traced. | |||||||
| 1934 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Carcinoma, skin of scalp. | 1930 | 1 | 1 | 0 | _ | — | — |
| 1931 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1932 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 died intercurrent disease | |
| 1933 | _ | _ | — | — | _ | — | |
| 1934 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Carcinoma, skin of pinna. | 1930 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1031 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | ||
| 1932 | 5 | 4 | 4 | — | — | 1 untreated. | |
| 1933 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 died intercurrent disease. | |
| 1934 | — | — | — | — | — | ||