Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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Carcinoma.
Seat of primary disease. | Male. | Female. |
---|---|---|
Head and Face | 1 | 2 |
Mouth and tongue | 7 | 1 |
Pharynx, oĊsophagus, larynx, and neck | 18 | 2 |
Pleura, lung, mediastinum | 1 | |
Stomach and pylorus | 9 | 7 |
Intestines (including rectum) | 5 | 5 |
Rectum | 3 | 5 |
Liver | 7 | 6 |
Peritoneum and omentum | 1 | |
Kidney | 1 | |
Female genital organs | 11 | |
Female breasts | 11 | |
Hand | 1 | |
Pancreas | 3 | |
Undefined | 1 | 2 |
56 | 54 | |
Sarcoma. | ||
Male. | Female. | |
Genitals | 1 | |
Diffused | 1 | |
Orbit | 1 | |
Undefined | 1 | 1 |
3 | 2 |
Alcoholism.
97. There were three deaths from alcoholism and 17 from
cirrhosis of the liver, making a total of 20 deaths definitely
attributed to alcohol, compared with 52, 40, 42, 27, and 24 in the
five preceding years. In addition to these, there were 347 deaths