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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
Leyton 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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BACTERIOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS.
The arrangements made with the County Medical Officer of
Health, whose laboratory at Chelmsford has been removed to
Queen Victoria-street, London, E.C., for the examination of
Swabs, etc., are still in force and continue to work satisfactorily.
During the year the following numbers of samples have been
sent for examination :—
Diphtheria 49
Ringworm 85
Sputum 38
Bullock's Liver 3
175
CANCER.
In 1908 Cancer caused 84 deaths.
„ 1909 „ „ 83 „
„ 1910 „ „ 87 „
„ 1911 „ „ 99 „
„ 1912 ,, „ 93 „
„ 1913 „ „ 97 „
Our death-rate from Cancer is .75 per 1,000 of the population.
The following list gives the seat of the disease and the sex of the person dying of Cancer :—
| Male. | Female. | |
|---|---|---|
| Nose and Orbit | — | 2 |
| Tongue | 1 | 1 |
| Lip | 1 | — |
| Palate | 1 | — |
| Head and Neck | 1 | 2 |
| Jaw | 1 | — |
| Glands of Neck | 1 | 2 |
| Mediastinum | 1 | — |
| Larynx | 1 | — |
| Lungs | 3 | — |