London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Woolwich 1903

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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The following table shews the sex and the region affected of the remaining cases:—

Seat of primary diseaseMaleFemale
Head and face1
Mouth and tongue32
Pharynx, larynx and neck21
Æsophagus3
Stomach and pylorus68
Intestines (excluding rectum)21
Rectum62
Liver96
Pancreas1
Lungs and chest11
Male urinary organs3
Female ,, ,,1
Female genital organs19
„ breast8
Pelvis and groin11
Total3952

104. It appears that cancer in men affects principally the
digestive organs, and in women the genital organs.
Alcoholism.
105. There were 18 deaths from alcoholism, and 24 due to
cirrhosis of the liver, making a total of 42 deaths from
intemperance, compared with 52 and 40 in the two preceding
years. In addition to the above, 313 deaths were due to
disease of the brain, nervous system, heart, blood vessels and
kidneys, of which a large proportion were certainly caused
directly or indirectly by alcohol.