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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 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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Information with regard to the age at which death occurred and situation of
the disease, 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 under 50 | 50 and under 60 | 60 and under 70 | 70 and upwards | Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | - | - | - | 1 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 28 | 79 |
| Females | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 15 | 22 | 22 | 29 | 94 |
| Totals | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | 22 | 43 | 44 | 57 | 173 |
Cancer.—Situation of the Disease.
| Parts of the body affected. | Males | Females | Totals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Face, Tongue, Jaw | 14 | 3 | 17 |
| Throat, Neck, Gullet | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| Stomach | 15 | 9 | 24 |
| Intestines | 15 | 21 | 36 |
| Liver | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| Breast | — | 18 | 18 |
| Uterus and Generative Organs | — | 17 | 17 |
| Various | 19 | 15 | 34 |
| Totals | 79 | 94 | 173 |
ALCOHOLISM.
One death was certified during the year as due to alcoholism. Year after
year the number so certified has been quite small, and in 1921 there were 3 deaths.
Cirrhosis of the liver, a condition in most cases probably resulting from abuse of
alcohol, was held to be accountable for 7 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 same as in the year 1921.
ACCIDENT, SUICIDE AND MANSLAUGHTER.
Accidental or violent deaths during 1922 numbered 75. Of these 19 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 75.