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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

Erith 1919

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]

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Table: The following tables show :— (1) the deaths from Cancer for 1919 classified according to age, sex, and the organ affected ; (2) number of deaths from Cancer during past 6 years with the site of the disease ; and (3) number of deaths during past 6 years with age and sex distribution.

The following tables show :— (1) the deaths from Cancer for 1919 classified according to age, sex, and the organ affected ; (2) number of deaths from Cancer during past 6 years with the site of the disease ; and (3) number of deaths during past 6 years with age and sex distribution.

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Cancer.
The number of deaths due to Cancer during 1919
was 35, viz.:—12 males and 23 females. This is a
disease which is almost entirely confined to persons of
middle age and over.
The following tables show :— (1) the deaths from
Cancer for 1919 classified according to age, sex, and the
organ affected ; (2) number of deaths from Cancer during
past 6 years with the site of the disease ; and (3)
number of deaths during past 6 years with age and sex
distribution.