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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 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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CANCER OR MALIGNANT DISEASE.
The number of deaths due to cancer was 154 and the death rate 1.46 per 1000
of the population. In 1920 the figures were lower, the total being 146 and the
death rate 1.43 per 1.000 of the population.
Information with regard to the situation of the disease and the age at which death occurred is given in the following tables:—
Cancer: Ages at Death
| Ages | Under 10 | 10 and under 20 | 20 and under 30 | 30 and under 40 | 40 and 50 and under 50 under 60 | 60 and under 70 | 70 and upwards | Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | _ | _ | _ | 2 | 4 12 | 31 | 21 | 70 |
| Females | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 16 23 | 23 | 17 | 84 |
| Totals | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | 20 35 | 54 | 38 | 154 |
Cancer.—Situation of the Disease.
| Parts of the body affected. | Males | Females | Totals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Face, Tongue, Jaw | 7 | 7 | |
| Throat, Neck, Gullet | 13 | — | 13 |
| Stomach | 16 | 10 | 26 |
| Intestines | 17 | 18 | 35 |
| Liver | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| Breast | — | 18 | 18 |
| Uterus and Generative Organs | — | 19 | 19 |
| Various | 9 | 11 | 20 |
| Totals | 70 | 84 | 154 |
ALCOHOLISM.
There were 3 deaths certified during the year as due to alcoholism. Year after
year the number so certified has been quite small, and in 1920 there were 4 deaths.
Cirrhosis of the liver, a condition in most cases probably resulting from abuse of
alcohol, was held to be accountable for 6 deaths.
The deaths from other conditions due to the irritation produced in various organs
by chronic alcoholism, e.g., nephritis (inflammation of the kidneys) and Bright's
disease of the kidneys, numbered 42. The number in 1920 was 29.
ACCIDENT, SUICIDE AND MANSLAUGHTER.
Accidental or violent deaths during 1921 numbered 65. Of these 16 were due
to suicide. Deaths of babies certified as resulting from suffocation (overlaying)
numbered 2.
PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
A table showing, with regard to the infections, the total number of notifications
received, the age distribution and the number of cases notified from each of the
four registration districts, will be found on page 64.