San Francisco cancer survey : third preliminary report (fifth and sixth quarterly reports) / by Frederick L. Hoffman.

  • Hoffman, Frederick L. (Frederick Ludwig), 1865-1946.
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[between 1920 and 1933]
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Credit: San Francisco cancer survey : third preliminary report (fifth and sixth quarterly reports) / by Frederick L. Hoffman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    cancer ol ihc iHcrns. I'or San Kranci-co llie rale is WW.l ])er lOO.OOO of llie ieinalc popnialion; for All.anv, dO.d: l!oslon. Cliicajio. 26.0; for llie uliilc iiopnlalion of !\c\v Orleans, ;52.0; and llic colored ])o|)nlalion of New Orleans, 52.0. For cancer of ihe l.reasl llie rales luive lieen as follows; l oi^San Francisco, 26.;’. j.er 100,000 of ihe female |)0]nilalion; for Albany, 29. t; lor ]{o.s|„„. 26.0; Chicago, 10.0; for llie while j)o]nilalion of New Orleans, !!.{]; and for llie colored |)oi)iilalion of New Orleans, J6.d. In- formalion of this kind should he of value to llie medical ])rofession and suggesli\e of lines of more extensiv e sjiecialized research. Among Ollier facts, the death cerlificales reveal information as to whether ihe death was preceded hy an operation. In brief, it is shown that of those who died from cam er ihe proiiorlion who had I.een operated upon previous to death was 58.7 jier 1U0,()0() for San Francisco, 53.6 for Boston, 5...6 for Albany, Id.o lor (.hicago, 26.7 for the white population of New Orleans, and only 6.9 for the colored jiojmlalion of New Orleans. Reference may also he made to the Irequency with which autopsies have been reported in cancer deaths in proportion to the population affected. In San Francisco the cancer morlalily followed hy autopsy for both sexes combined was 19.9 per 10U,UUU; for Albany, 9.5; Boston, 8.0; (diicago 10.2; lor the while pupulalion ol New Orleans. 1.6; and for the colored j.opulalion ol New Orleans, 0.1. Fhe ilisj.arily in the results re¬ gal ding both opeialive Irealment and autopsy disposition is suggestive of luithei investigation which may possibly be feasil.le some lime in the future. A widely varying factor in the cancer mortality is the rate at which married women die from cancer in the different cities proportionate to the total female jiopulation. For San Francisco the rate was 70.1 per 100,000; for Albany, 7r>.2; Boston, 67.8; Chicago, 67.6; the white population of New Orleans, 60.5; and for the colored imjmlalion of New Orleans, only 20.7. It is generally held that there is a definite and traceable relation between child-bearing and cancer of the female generalive organs, includ¬ ing the breast, but heretofore the facts in the case have not been presented 111 sufficient detail to justify dehnile conclusions. The (jueslioimaires in course of lime should )ield much additional information and valuable data on this jioint which cannot lie decided upon on the basis of the death certifi¬ cates alone. Aly (pieslionnaires give information as to the number of ( hildren, with a due regard to the organ or jiarl of the bodv affected with lancei, and this, in Buffalo in jiariicnlar, is being followed hy a sjiecial impiiry to make sure that all the births, living or dead, are properly returned. Aly own views on this phase ol the cancer problem have been largely guided by the recent work on ‘‘Cancer and Tumors,’ by Dr. Hastings (dllord, the author of a standard Irealisi' on I’osl-Nalal Crowth and Develojiment.