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These visits are paid to ascertain that the children are not suffering from any notifiable infectious
disease and that they are receiving adequate medical and nursing attention. Information
as to the cases is received daily from the Head Teachers in the Borough on Form 84.
The Table on page 30 shows inter alia the number of non-notifiable infectious disease cases
which were visited by the Fulham District Nursing Association on behalf of the Borough Council.
CANCER
The 241 deaths classified as Cancer occurred as follows:—
TABLE 32
Organ Affected.
Total.
Males.
Females.
Digestive Organs and Peritoneum
116
63
53
Respiratory Organs
34
26
8
Buccal cavity and Pharynx
23
19
4
Breast
20
-
20
Uterus
25
-
25
Genito-Urinary Organs (males)
8
8
—
Other Organs
15
6
9
Totals
241
122
119
Classification.
Total.
Males.
Females.
Carcinoma
227
116
111
Sarcoma
9
3
6
Epithelioma
5
3
2
Not defined
—
—
—
Total
241
122
119
The ages at death of persons dying from Cancer were
TABLE 33
Age Periods.
Total.
Males.
Females.
0-25 years
3
2
1
25-35 years
5
1
4
35-45 years
17
8
9
45-55 years
37
14
23
55-65 years
62
34
28
65-75 years
75
41
34
75 years and upwards
42
22
20
Totals
241
122
119
From the table showing the principal causes of death it will be seen that one out of every
seven deaths in the Borough during 1937 was due to Cancer.
The death rate from the disease was 1.73 per 1,000 compared with 1.63 for England and
Wales.