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Finchley 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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Cancer.
During the year 1908 there were 21 deaths due to cancer,
giving a mortality rate of .53, as compared with 32 and a
death-rate of .88 for 1907.
The following table gives the number of deaths and death-rate from cancer for the last 10 years.
| No. of Deaths. | Death Rate per 1,000. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1899 | 11 | .48 |
| 1900 | 19 | .82 |
| 1901 | 20 | .84 |
| 1902 | 16 | .64 |
| 1903 | 22 | .91 |
| 1904 | 19 | .74 |
| 1905 | 23 | .80 |
| 1906 | 24 | .78 |
| 1907 | 32 | .88 |
| 1908 | 21 | .53 |
| Average, 1898—1907 | 19.6 | .76 |
School Hygiene.
Education (Administrative) Provision Act, 1907, came
into operation in 1908, which makes the subject of school
hygiene of the greatest importance, including under this term
every factor which goes to influence to health of the child
during school life.
In Finchley the Medical Officer of Health carries out the
routine medical inspection; in April, 1908 the Council appointed
a School Nurse, whose duty it is to assist the Medical
Officer in the work of the schools.
The custom in this district in regard to the exclusion of
children living in homes where there is non-notifiable infectious
disease, was altered in the year 1907, and the rule is
now as follows:—