CANCER IN DOMINION. ' +» RATE ABOVE TUBERCULOSIS. An elaborate statistical examination of the prevalence of cancer in New Zealand is published in the lat- ! est issue of the Official Year Book. It states that the disease is annually responsible for more deaths in the Dominion than can be assigned to any cause other than organic disease of the heart. The increasing prevalence of cancer is, in fact, causing no little concern throughout the civilised world. In 1917 there were 957 deaths from cancer, a proportion of 2.71 per 10,000 persons. This number is than those of any previous year. The being 48 -in excess of the figures for 1916, which were themselves higher tha nthose of any previous year. The average number for the period 1912----16 was 876. Of the deaths in 1917, IP you have a cold in the head use the Nazol Inhaler. A few sniffs and you notice a marked relief. Keep it up uml the cold soon vanishes.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 17579, 24 May 1919, Page 2
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161Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 17579, 24 May 1919, Page 2
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