Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead, Metropolitan Borough of]
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The confidential notification of death could be transmitted by the
Medical Officer of Health to the Registrar-General, and should not be
available for any purpose of payment of insurance.
Were such a system in vogue there could be little doubt that the
numbers of deaths by alcoholism and syphilis would show a considerable
increase.
The causes of death are given in Table III. of the Local Government
Board's series of tables, see page 131, and are set out in more
detail in the extended table facing page 131. The mortality from the
various communicable diseases is given in the section of the Report
devoted to those diseases. As regards the other causes of death, the
following require special mention : —
Year. | No. of Deaths from Cancer. | Death-rate per 1000 of the population. |
---|---|---|
1903 | 105 | 1.27 |
1904 | 85 | 1.02 |
1905 | 73 | 0.87 |
1906 | 93 | 1.11 |
1907 | 69 | 0.82 |
1908 | 84 | 0.99 |
1909 | 85 | 1.00 |
1910 | 90 | 1.06 |
1911 | 86 | 1.00 |
1912 | 102 | 1.19 |
Of the 102 deaths from cancer 70 were of females and 32 of males,
but on this point it must be borne in mind that the population of the
Borough was found at the census to consist of 52,688 females and
32,807 males. It will thus be seen that the deaths from cancer are
higher among females, the exact rate being 1.33 in females and 0.97 in
males. In 48 cases the patients were over 65 years of age.