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But at the same time it must not be forgotten that the
exceedingly small rooms now occupied by persons of the middle
and lower classes are a potent cause of Phthisis; and that these
rooms, cramped and small by reason of the demand for low
rents and the high price of materials, are rendered more air-tight
than is necessary by the general improvement in construction
that is maintained.
Twenty deaths from Cancer and malignant disease
were reported. This number, 8.5 per cent, of the total deaths,
confirms the general belief in the prevalence of Cancer in
riverside districts, and the Thames Valley in particular.
A large number of the total deaths are not classified, but
referred to "other causes." Not a few of these are deaths, the
causes of which are expressed on the death certificates in terms
too vague to be of any statistical or scientific value.