Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Comments on Foregoing Table.
1 he organs most often attacked in descending order of
incidence are: In the males—the Lungs (28.0 per cent.), the
Stomach (16.9 per cent.) and the Bowels and Rectum (11.1 per
cent.); in females—the Breast (19.0 per cent.), the Stomach and
the Bowels and Rectum (14.0 per cent.) and the Uterus (10.0 per
cent.).