[Report 1969] / Medical Officer of Health, Salisbury (New Sarum) City.

  • Salisbury (England). City Council.
Date:
1969
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Credit: [Report 1969] / Medical Officer of Health, Salisbury (New Sarum) City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Cancer of the Uterus Only one death .occurred from this condition during the year 1969 compared to 6 deaths in women due to lung cancer, and 5 from cancer of the breast. This single death compared very favourably with the 6 deaths from this condition which occurred during the previous year. It is a subject that has achieved far more publicity and caused a good deal more emotion than other orms of cancer in women, and whilst this may be a good thing the other con- ahlc°toS ?? be overlooked. Cervical cytology services are now avail- SS U «“bTd^:.04ty °f SaliSbUry S° th6re 13 n° *0 worry Cancer of the Breast This is a common form of malignant tumour, and the outlook is vc-rv favourable when the disease is diagnosed in the early stages. In 1968 it was cervix6 TMf°il1,°st th° nUmber of deatlls than cancer of the . ibis illustrates tne need for education of the public to an aware- ir^tho nS 00ndltloa’ anti to teach women how to examine their own breasts in the proper way. Leaflets giving this information clearly and simp]y have ment Cit^LihrLy!00* “7 b° °btai“ed **°» this daP-t- } l j Year Deaths from Breast Cancer Cancer of the Uterus 1969 5 1 1968 11 8 1967 7 1 1 i Respiratory Diseases thr vp-ii’ '*-re no epidemics of influenza or other respiratory diseases during ff! ’ 311,2. ?° deaths from this group of conditions was much lower than IP 1 preCi'“d^;nS y«ar - a total of 68 compared with 82 during 1968. Only in the fiTt bS Und6r the age of 64 years- nnd 6 of these were m the first year of life. -17-