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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
Dagenham 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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The following table gives the age incidence of fatal cases of cancer affecting certain specified sites:-
| MALES. | FEMALES. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNDER 35 | 35-44 | 45-54 | 55-64 | OVER 65 | UNDER 35 | 35-44 | 45-54 | 55-64 | OVER 65 | Total | |
| Oesophagus | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 5 |
| Stomach | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | — | 10 |
| Large Intestine incl. Rectum | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | l | — | — | — | 2 | 9 |
| Larynx | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Lungs | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | l | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| Liver | — | — | — | — | — | l | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 5 |
| Breast | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Ovary | — | — | — | — | — | — | —_ | — | — | — | — |
| Uterus | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Other sites | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 33 |
| — | 6 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 79 | |
It will be noticed that only six cases occurred in
persons under the age of 35 years. The total number of
79 was arrived at by scrutinizing the death returns as
they were received. The Registrar-General assigns
85 deaths from Cancer to this district, 36 being males
and 49 females.
It was mentioned in my last report that owing to
the ageing of the population an increase in the cancer
death rate might be expected; experience has justified
this view.