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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

Shoreditch 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: Deaths from Cancer in the Borough during Year 1936.

Deaths from Cancer in the Borough during Year 1936.

AGES.SEX.WARDS.Total.
0 to 15.15 to 20.20 to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 65.65 to 75.75 to 85.85 and upwards.Male.Female.Moorfields.Church.Hoxton.Wenlock.Whitmore.Kingsland.Haggerston.Acton.
MFMFMFMFMFMFMFMF
Tongue...............................................................
Other buccal cavity...............1122...5112............126
Pharynx..................12......2111...1............3
Oesophagus..................322...7......1...1...3117
Stomach............11612621991131423311114228
Liver..................1...1......2......2...............2
Gallbladder........................1......1......1...............1
Intestines.........1...l733197...1131312112...16
Rectum..................542...561211211...211
others...............................................................
Uterus............324...1......10...32...23......10
Ovary and Fallopian tube.....................2.........2...1...............12
Vagina, vulva...............................................................
Breast............12452...113......1222...4314
Skin.....................11...2.........1.........1...2
Larynx...............111......3............21.........3
Lung and pleura............11533...1121321111...313
Mediastinum..................1.........1..................1......1
Pancreas...............212......32...11111.........5
Bladder...............3...11...5...............4...1...5
Prostate.....................22...4............2......114
Others2.........2...131...63...111221...1...9
All situations2......1814414528383591513813111581498567136142