[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney] page 48

Hackney 1923

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Age.	Civil State.	When growth was first noticed	When a Doctor was first consulted.	Whether there was an operation, and if so, when	Remarks.
39	Wife of Insurance Agent	10 years before death	At once	Yes—1½ years prior to death	Right breast entirely removed 1J years before death. Deceased did not have X-ray or Radium treatment either before or after operation, but attended a local doctor on and off nearly the whole of the 8J years before operation. No history of Cancer in family.
50	Spinster—No Occupation	8 years before death	2 months after growth noticed	Yes—4 months after noticing growth	Patient went to Germany on 3 occasions for Radium treatment, after having breast wholly removed. Treatment extended for periods of 3 or 4 weeks. When growth was first noticed patient did not suffer any pain. History of Cancer in family and one sister died of T.B.
67	Wife of Wood Carver	14 years ago. Dispersed at Homeopathic Hospital	Went to Hospital as soon as growth was noticed	Yes—years before death	Right breast removed, May, 1921, and a further operation in May, 1922. Under treatment the whole period as outpatient. No history of Cancer in family.
77	Widow of Solicitor's Managing Clerk	1 year before death	At once	No	Growth spread rapidly and affected the stomach, causing persistent vomiting. Doctor in attendance did not advise operation owing to patient's exhausted condition. No his-tory of Cancer in family.