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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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Table: Female.

Female.

19031904190519061907190819091910Ttl.
Jaw..............11
Foot..............11
Intestines..1............1
Genital and urinary organs..1............1
Tibia..1............1
Multiple Osteo Sarcomata..1......1....2
Femur....1..........1
Kidney....1....1....2
Orbit................1
Leg................1
Cerebellum..........1....1
Hip............1..1
Thigh............1..1
Suprarenals............1..1
Ovary............1..1
Undefined....111....14
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Comparing 1910 with. 1903, there has been an increase
of 6 deaths from Carcinoma in both males and females,
or 12 deaths in all. In males the most notable increase
is in cancer of the stomach and pylorus, and in females
of the digestive organs. Whether this increase is real, or
due to improved diagnosis, it is impossible to say.
On the other hand, there has been a marked decrease of
Cancer in the female genital organs, comparing the two years
1903-4 with 1909-10. There is also a decrease of Cancer in
the female breasts. This decrease may possibly be the result
of more early detection of, and operation on, the disease,
owing to the advancement of surgery. These latter diseases
are more easily diagnosed than those of the stomach and intestines,
and the fact that the former appear to have decreased,
and the latter increased, strengthens the opinion
that the supposed increase of Cancer is largely due to
improved diagnosis.