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during the year for admission to the Sanatorium, compared with
65, 59 and 70, in the 3 previous years. Of these 41 have been
admitted, 8 were too far advanced to be accepted, and 4 were
found not to be tuberculous. Others were admitted to Convalescent
Homes, Consumption Hospitals, others Sanatoriums,
or the Workhouse Infirmary, but all received instructions as
to means to be taken to promote their own health and avoid
infecting others.
88. Nineteen spitting.flasks were supplied at cost price, 6d.,
compared with 5, 14, 22, 32, and 23, in the five previous years.
Cancer.
89. There were 119 cases of cancer (malignant tumour),
giving a death.rate of 093, compared with 0.74, 0.70, 0.90, 0.83,
and 0.75, in the five preceding years. 53 of the deaths were in
males, and 66 in females. 76 of the deaths were in persons
over 55. The highest mortality was in Glyndon and Dockyard
Wards. The London death.rate was 0.96 in 1908.
90. The following table shews the sex and region affected of
all cases of malignant disease:—