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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Woolwich 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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85. 25 spitting flasks were supplied at cost price, 6d.,,
compared with 14, 22, 32, 23, and 19, in the previous five
years.
Cancer.
86. There were 106 cases of cancer (malignant tumour),
giving a death-rate of 0.82, compared with 0.70, 0.90, 0.83,
0.75 and 0 93, in the five preceding years. 47 of the
deaths were in males and 59 in females. 89 of the deaths
were in persons over 45. The highest mortality was in
Woolwich Parish and West Plumstead. The London deathrate
was 0.96 in 1909. 42 of the deaths occurred in
public institutions.
87. The following table shows the sex and region affected
in all cases of malignant disease:—
Carcinoma. Seat of primary disease:—
| Male. | Female. | |
|---|---|---|
| Head and face | — | - |
| Mouth, jaw and tongue | 7 | 1 |
| Pharynx, œsophagus, larynx, and neck | 6 | 2 |
| Pleura, lung, mediastinum | — | — |
| Stomach and pylorus | 10 | 7 |
| Intestines (excluding rectum) | 2 | 2 |
| Rectum | 8 | 3 |
| Liver | 7 | 10 |
| Kidney and bladder | 1 | 3 |
| Female genital organs | 14 | |
| Female breasts | 10 | |
| Male genital organs | - | — |
| Carried forward | 41 | 52 |