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Shoreditch 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: DEATHS FROM CANCER IN THE BOROUGH DURING YEAR 1938Table No. 24

DEATHS FROM CANCER IN THE BOROUGH DURING YEAR 1938

Table No. 24

AGESSEXWARDSTotal
0 to IS15 to 2020 to 2525 to 3535 to 454S to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 and upwardsMaleFemaleMoorfieldsChurchHoxtonWenlockWhitmoreKingslandHaggerstonActon
MFMFMFMFMFMFMFMF
Tongue..................31......4.........1-............2-......1-......4
Other buccal cavity..................1.........1.....................1-........................1
Pharynx..................112...31......1-1-1--1..................4
Oesophagus..................13......4.........2-............2-..................4
Stomach..................12531161 1112-244-1211322127
Liver..................1............1..........................................-11
Gall bladder.....................31...13......11-2..............................4
Bladder..................231...52............11-11-1-......2-7
Intestines..................142162......1-211—-11-1-......8
Rectum..................251...53............2--1......11111-8
Other digestive organs.......................................................................................
Uterus...............4131......10-1-1-2-2-2......-1-110
Ovary and Fallopian tube...............2...21......5......-2-2-1........................5
Vagina, vulva.......................................................................................
Breast...............333.........10-1-2-2......-1-1-2-110
Skin..................11......2.........1-...1-........................2
Larynx...............1......1...2.........1-..............................1-2
Lung and pleura...............195......132......1-3-2-21311-1-15
Mediastinum.......................................................................................
Pancreas..................12......12......-1........................-11-3
Prostate..................321...6.........1-......1-2-............2-6
Other organs...1......11751...97212-1132............-11216
All situations...1......61649481527859341471215147108747116137