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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 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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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 under 50 | 50 and under 60 | 60 and under 70 | 70 and upwards | Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | - | 1 | 3 | - | 6 | 10 | 23 | 20 | 63 |
| Females | - | - | - | 2 | 10 | 27 | 35 | 24 | 98 |
| Totals | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 37 | 58 | 44 | 161 |
Cancer.—Situation of the Disease.
| Parts of the body affected. | Males, | Females. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Face, Tongue, Jaw | 6 | - | 6 |
| Throat, Neck, Gullet | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| Stomach | 6 | 14 | 20 |
| Intestines | 17 | 27 | 44 |
| Liver | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Breast | - | 17 | 17 |
| Uterus and Generative Organs | - | 26 | 26 |
| Various | 21 | 4 | 25 |
| Totals | 63 | 98 | 161 |
The following table, which was included tor the first time in the Report for 1912, is repeated, as it lends further support to the view then expressed that cancer was in no sense a class disease, since if those who died at home or in nursing homes are taken to represent the rich or well-to-do, and those who died in hospitals or the infirmary the less favourably circumstanced, the one group suffered equally with the other.
| At Home | In Nursing Homes | In Hospitals | In Infirmary (Marylebone Hospital) | In Asylums | Totals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | 16 | 7 | 19 | 21 | - | 63 |
| Females | 40 | 5 | 30 | 23 | - | 98 |
| Totals | 56 | 12 | 49 | 44 | 161 |
ALCOHOLISM.
Three deaths were certified during- the year as due to alcoholism. Cirrhosis
of the liver, a condition in most cases probably resulting- from abuse of alcohol,
was held to be accountable for 6 deaths. In 1919 the deaths from this cause
numbered 6, and from alcoholism nil.