[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Carlisle City.

Carlisle (England). City Council.

Date:: 1937

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

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I 15 Inquests. I During the year the City Coroner held 63 inquests. Of this number 38 related to deaths t)f persons wdio resided within the City, and 25 to persons who resided in other I districts but who died witliin the City. 5 related to children under live years of age, 3 of whom were under one year. I Uncertified Deaths. .)() deaths were registered of persons belonging to the City in which no certificate was given by a medical man, and in which no inquest was held. Diiriug 1!)3(), 56 such deaths were registered. Mortuary. 21 bodies were removed to the Public Mortuaiy, a ' post-mortem examination being made in each instance. Cancer. The number of deaths registered as due to cancer was 82, as against 83 in 1936, the rate of mortality from this disease being 1.3 per 1,000 of the population. 1 Age Gro UPS. 25- -35 35- -45 45- -55 55- -65 65- -75 Over 75 Totals Site of Disease M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. Buccal Cavity — — — — — 1 1 1 — 2 1 I'liarynx Oesophagus Stomach and Liver 1 1 1 2 9 1 8 2 2 2 23 6 Peritoneum, Intestines and Rectum 1 2 1 2 6 5 1 4 12 10 Female Cenita: 1 Organs — — — 1 — 3 — 2 — 1 — 2 — 9 Breast —■ ' — — 2 — 1 — 1 — 3 — — — 7 Other Organs 1 — — — 4 2 2 1 1 — 1 1 8 4 Totals ! 2 — ; 1 1 (' j 8 7 13 11 15 8 8 5 45 37 Deaths from Cancer, 1928-a7. 1928. 1929. 19.80. 1931. 1932. 1933. 1934. 1935. 1938. 1937.