[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Cambridge Borough.

Cambridge (England). Borough Council.

Date:: 1937

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Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Cambridge Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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In the following table the sites of fatal cancer for both sexes are shown for each year since 1915 :— Vear. Buccal cavity (lip, tongue, etc.) 1 _ stomach. Liver, etc. Intestines, rectum, peritoneum. Female genital organs. Breast. Skin. other Organs. Total. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. 1916 5 — 14 5 12 II — II I 9 I I 4 4 37 41 1917 5 — 15 II 12 9 — 5 — 7 I 2 8 7 41 41 1918 4 I 10 II 9 8 — 7 I II I I 4 4 28 43 1919 I 17 13 3 12 — 9 — 9 — 2 6 7 27 52 1920 4 I 17 15 8 8 — 7 — II — — 6 I 35 43 1921 6 — 12 15 7 12 — 10 — II — — 10 4 35 52 1922 6 — II 14 17 13 — 9 — 5 I — 8 2 43 43 1923 6 - 12 9 16 12 — 10 — 14 I — 9 5 44 50 1924 5 I 14 6 9 13 — 9 — 12 — — 7 8 35 49 1925 5 19 8 6 13 — 7 — 10 — — 12 5 42 43 1926 5 — II 13 10 8 — 18 — 6 — — 7 8 33 53 1927 4 — 7 8 12 II — 12 — II — I 9 5 32 48 1928 2 — 12 14 16 16 — 6 — 18 I — 14 7 45 61 1929 3 12 14 18 17 — 5 — 12 2 2 10 10 45 60 1930 3 2 9 13 6 16 — 13 — 7 — — II 3 29 54 1931 6 I 18 15 II 22 — 14 — 17 — 2 13 9 48 80 1932 2 I 14 16 14 13 - 5 — 12 — — 13 7 43 54 1933 6 — 17 13 17 14 — 11 — 11 — — 18 9 38 58 1934 5 — T7 11 23 16 — 15 — 14 — — 14 4 59 60 1935 5 2 15 14 17 22 — 16 — 15 I — 9 8 47 77 1936 2 — 3 12 23 26 — 16 I 17 — — 15 9 44 80 1937 2 — 12 21 21 16 _ 4 — 10 I — 15 24 51 75