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Cancer is not an incurable disease providing it is attended
to in its earlier stages. Doctors are very often, in fact, in
most cases, terribly handicapped by the reluctance of patients
to seek early advice. Often the consultation of a doctor is
delayed until the disease is too far advanced for treatment.
It is therefore imperative that a doctor be consulted,
should any deviation from the normal health occur.
Cancer caused 215 deaths. Carcinoma was the form of
Cancer to which 176 deaths were attributed; sarcoma and
epithelioma were assigned cause of 15 deaths; 24 deaths were
certified as due to cancer or malignant disease without further
definition.
The parts of the body which were affected in each case are
shown in the following table:—

EXHUMATION AND RE-INTERMENT OF BODIES.
St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Harrow Road.
During the year licences were granted by the Secretary
of State for the exhumation and removal of the bodies of
nine persons from the catacombs or graves in St. Mary's
Cemetery.
Seven of the bodies were re-interred in St. Mary's Cemetery,
Harrow Road, one was removed for re-interment in
Brompton Cemetery and one to Peru.
The following conditions were attached to the licences:—
(1) That the removal be effected with due care and
attention to decency early in the morning.
(2) That freshly made ground lime be freely sprinkled
ever the coffin, the soil, or any matter that may tie
offensive.
In those cases where the remains were removed to other
countries, it was required that they be placed in a lead lined
shell which shall be hermetically sealed.