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INFANTILE MORTALITY.
The Infantile Mortality rate, which expression means the
numbers of deaths of children under one year of age per 1,000
births, was 81.9. In 1908 it was 78.8, in 1907 it was 86.5, and in
1906 it was 114.5.
The corresponding rate for England and Wales was 109, and
for the 76 Great Towns 118 for the year 1909.
CANCER.
Eighty-three deaths from various forms of Cancer were registered
during the year; in the year 1908, 84 deaths from this cause
were recorded. Our death-rate from Cancer is therefore
approximately -7 per 1,000 of the population.
The following is a list of the various organs affected, and the
sex of the sufferer
Male.
Female.
Tongue
1
1
Stomach
4
11
Bowels
4
6
Abdomen
1
4
Breast
–
12
Tonsils
1
–
Lung
–
1
Bladder
3
1
(Esophagus
2
1
Rectum
2
–
Pancreas
1
2
Uterus
–
13
Ovary
–
1
Liver
–
5
Omentum
–
1
Lymphatic Glands
–
2
Mediastinum
1
–
Sarcoma
2
–
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