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Cancer.
The number of deaths from Cancer was 228.
52 occurred in the Limehouse District, or at the rate of .89 per
1,000.
39 occurred in the St. George's District, or at the rate of .76 per
1,000.
90 occurred in the Mile End District, or at the rate of .77 per
r,ooo.
47 occurred in the Whitechapel District, or at the rate of .58 per
1,000.
Notifiable Diseases.
2,957 cases of Infectious Disease were notified during the year, and
2,377 were removed to various Hospitals and Infirmaries.
628 occurred in the Limehouse District, or at the rate of 10.78 per
1,000.
421 occurred in the St. George's District, or at the rate of 8.25 per
1,000.
1,105 occurred in the Mile End District, or at the rate of 9.55 per
1,000.
803 occurred in the Whitechapel District, or at the rate of 9.96 per
1,000.
The greatest number notified was in the fourth week of September, when
102 cases were notified.
This was due probably to the fact that 68 cases of Scarlet Fever were
notified in this week. This was the greatest number of cases of Scarlet Fever
notified in one week during the year.
Twenty-four cases of Typhoid Fever were notified in the fourth week
in January, which was the greatest number in one week during the year.
Nine cases of Diphtheria were the largest number notified, whicli
occurred in the second week in October.
The largest number of notifiable diseases occurred in the Limehouse
District in the third week of August, in St. George's and Whitechapel
Districts in the fourth week of September, and in Mile End Old Town in the
fourth week of October.,