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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 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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of the population. These figures are higher than those for 1925, when the deaths
numbered 161 and the rate was 1.4 per 1,000. In 1929 the figures were higher,
the total being 197 and the death-rate 1.7 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 :—
| Ages | Under 10 1 | 10 and under 20 | 20 and under 30 | 30 and 40 and under 40 under 50 | 50 and under 60 | 60 and under 70 | 70 and upwards | Totals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | _ | 2 (3) | 1 (-) | 19 (10) | 21 (23) | 20 (20) | 70 (63) | ||
| Females | - (-) | 1 (-) | 27 (27) | 28 (35) | 32 (24) | 100 (98) | |||
| Totals | — | 3 (2) | 46 (37) | 49 (58) | 52 (44) | 170(161) | |||
Cancer-situation of the disease.
| Parts of the body affected. | Males. | Females. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Face, Tongue, Jaw | 6 (6) | 1 (-) | 7 (6) |
| Threat, Neck, Gullet | 14 (10) | 7 (5) | 21 (15) |
| Stomach | 13 (6) | 11 (14) | 24 (20) |
| Intestines | 11 (17) | 21 (27) | 32 (44) |
| Liver | 4 (3) | 10 (5) | 14 (8) |
| Breast | (-) | 11 (17) | 11 (17) |
| Uterus and Generative Organs | (-) | 24 (26) | 24 (26) |
| Various | 22 (21) | 15 (4) | 37 (25) |
| Totals | 70 (63) | 100 (98) | 170 (161) |
Note. The figures in brackets are those for 1925.
The fact, commonly accepted, that the number of deaths certified as due to
cancer is showing a definite tendency to increase receives confirmation from these
figures. No reason, generally acceptable, to account for this has as yet been put
forward, nor has any theory to account for the occurrence of the disease, to which
the medical profession as a whole can subscribe, been submitted. One point upon
which there is general agreement, however, is with regard to the importance,
advisability and advantage of early treatment. Of the accuracy of the advice now
so widely given that there should never be any delay in seeking an authoritative
opinion in any case of doubt and in securing treatment there can be no question.
ACCIDENT, SUICIDE AND MANSLAUGHTER.
Accidental or violent deaths during 1930 numbered 60. Of these 19 were due
to suicide. The figures lor 1925 were 50 and 11 respectively. Deaths of babies
certified as resulting from suffocation (overlaying) numbered 2.