Scourges of to-day (venereal disease, cancer, tuberculosis, alcoholism) / by E.T. Burke.

  • Burke, E. T. (Edmund Tytler), 1888-1941.
Date:
1926
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Credit: Scourges of to-day (venereal disease, cancer, tuberculosis, alcoholism) / by E.T. Burke. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    We therefore find for 1915 that syphilis takes the highest place among the killing diseases: Syphilis.59,883 Tuberculosis .... 54,295 Cancer ..... 39,847 In other words, of all deaths in England and Wales during 1915, 10 out of every 100 were due to syphilis. An examination of the statistics for 1924 along the same lines is interesting and instruc¬ tive. The total deaths in that year amounted to 473,235. Those due to all forms of tuber¬ culosis totalled 41,103, while the number of people who died from cancer was 50,389. According to the Registrar-General, syphilis accounted for 1,296, and gonorrhoea for 96. The official figures therefore read : Tuberculosis 1915 . 54,295 1924 .. 41,103 Cancer . 39,847 • • 5°,398 Syphilis 1,885 .. 1,296 96,027 .. 92,797 Other Causes . 466,226 .. 380,438 Total deaths . 562,253 •• 473,235 A further examination, however. reveals the following for the year 1924 :
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