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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
Marylebone 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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Cancer or Malignant Disease.
The figures for this disease are exactly the same as those for 1909, viz.:
total deaths 156, death rate 1.2 per 1,000. The accompanying tables show the
ages at which death occurred and the parts of the body which were affected by
the growth.
Cancer. Ages at Death.
| Ages. | Under 10 | 10 and under 20 | 20 and under 30 | 30 and under 40 | 40 and under 50 | 50 and under 60 | 60 and under 70 | 70 and upwards | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | — | |||||||
| — | 1 | — | |||||||
| — | — |
Cancer. Situation of the Disease.
| Parts of the body affected. | Males. | F emales. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | |||
| — | |||
| — | |||
Alcoholism.
The number of deaths certified as due to alcoholism was 3. The number
due to cirrhosis of the liver was 21, and as this disease is generally regarded as
being traceable to the abuse of alcohol, for statistical purposes, it is usual to
classify it under the heading "alcoholism." In 1909 alcoholism and cirrhosis of
the liver together caused 30 deaths, and in 1908, 35. The combined figure for
1910, 24, compares very favourably with these, and it is hoped that the fall which
has taken place during the last two years will be maintained.
The deaths from other conditions in some cases, at least, due to the irritation
produced by chronic alcoholism, e.g., nephritis (inflammation of the kidneys) and
Bright's disease of the kidneys, were, it may be mentioned, also lower in 1910,
totalling 57 as against 69 in 1909.