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number of deaths of infants during the last two years has been
considerably under the normal in districts where, as in our case,
the Act has not been adopted. This diminution has been chiefly
due to the cooler summers and the consequent lessening of
diarrhoea.
CANCER.
Eighty-four deaths occurred from various forms of Cancer,
representing a death rate of .7.
The following is a list of the various organs affected, and the
sex of the sufferer:—
Male.
Female.
Tongue
2
0
Larynx
1
1
Thyroid Gland
1
0
Lung
0
1
Œsophagus
4
0
Stomach
7
1
Liver and Gall Bladder
3
12
Colon
0
3
Bowel
0
2
Mesentery
1
0
Peritoneum
1
0
Rectum
1
2
Breast
0
17
Uterus
0
10
Bladder
3
2
Vulva
0
1
Scrotum
1
0
Not specified
and
0
3
Sarcoma
3
0
Rodent Ulcer
1
0
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