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CANCER
The number of deaths attributed to cancer was 338 which is the same number as in
1956.
The following table gives an analysis of the age and sex distribution as well as
the localisation of the disease in all persons certified as dying from cancer during the
year:-
Age Groups
Malignant Neoplasms
Other
Malignant &
Lymphatic
Neoplasms
TOTAL
Stomach
Lung &
Bronchus
Leukaemia &
Aleukaemia
Breast
Uterus
M.
F.
M.
F.
M.
F.
M.
F.
F.
M.
F.
0-14
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
2
1
4
15 - 24
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
1
-
2
25-44
4
-
1
-
-
2
-
5
4
3
5
24
45 - 64
12
4
56
5
2
1
1
12
5
32
21
151
65 - 74
6
4
14
4
1
1
-
9
3
17
21
80
75 and over
4
8
13
5
-
-
-
2
4
23
18
77
Total:
26
16
84
14
5
4
1
28
16
78
66
338
Nineteen per cent of the deaths from all causes in the Borough were due to Cancer
compared with 18.26 per cent for all deaths registered in England and Wales.
VENEREAL DISEASES
The Special Clinic for the investigation, follow-up and treatment of venereal
diseases is held at Queen Mary's Hospital for the East End, Stratford, under the direction
of the Consultant Venereologist, Dr,F.G.Macdonald, to whom I am indebted for the following
report, (The figures in brackets are the corresponding ones for 1956)*
The total number of patients who attended was 538 (530). This figure includes 136
already under treatment or observation at the beginning of the year.
New Patients 402 (396)
Total Attendances 2,979 (3,094)
The diagnosis was as follows:-
Syphilis in the primary or secondary stage 0 (2)
Syphilis in the early latent stage 0 (l)
Syphilis in the later (non-infective) stages 13 (8)
Congenital Syphilis 0 (2)
Gonorrhoea 81 (52)
Urethritis 6l (46)
Other Conditions 188 (248)
Cases previously treated elsewhere 14 (11)
Return Cases 19 (26)
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