Chart / Poster showing incidence of cancers in children in Mulago Hospital

Large poster drawn in blue ink and coloured pencil showing the incidence of cancers in children younger than 15 years old in Mulago Hospital, showing main clinical syndromes, percentage incidence of tumour location and link of jaw tumours with cancers elsewhere in the body. At the top compares incidence with that of Great Ormond Street Hospital, London: 1 per year per 400 beds; Mulago Hospital: 13 per year for 40 child beds (a difference of 13,000% greater in Mulago). Drawn on the back of an architectural plan. The item is undated.

1950s

1 poster