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The part of the body mostly affected is the stomach, and among females the generative and mammary organs. Cancer : Seal of Disease. Seat of Disease. Males. Females. Total. Mouth, lip, tongue, throat, neck .. .. 98 27 125 Stomach.. " .. .. .. ..130 63 193 Intestines, rectum .. .. .. 89 78 167 Kidneys, bladder, urethra, &c. . . .. 30 5 35 Liver .. .. .. .. 44 56 100 Female genital organs .. . . .... 78 78 Breast .. - .. .. .. .. 1 63 64 Other organs .. . . 54 40 94 446 410 856 Ninety-four per cent, of the deaths were at the ages 35 years and upwards, and 57 per cent, at the ages 60 years and upwards.

Ages of Persons who died from Cancer, 1913.

The proportion of deaths from cancer to the 1,000 persons living in some of the principal European countries as shown below leads to the conclusion that there is a general tendency to increase.

Cancer Death-rates per 1,000 living in some Principal Countries.

diabetes. There were 150 deaths in 1913, a rate of 1-40 per 10,000, the average for the five years being 131 and T2B respectively. Deaths from this cause appear to be on the increase. EXOPHTHALMIC GOITRE. Only 19 deaths from this cause were registered in 1913, as against 40 in 1912. ANEMIA AND CHLOROSIS. Seventy-six deaths were recorded in 1910, but in 1912 the number was only 53, and in 1913 6J. the average for the five years 1909-13 being 60, and the average rate per 10,000 being 060. SIMPLE MENINGITIS Very little fluctuation is shown as regards deaths from this canst' during the past five years. The number for 1913 was 127, while the rate per 10,000 was Tl9.

Ages. Males. Females. Ages. Total. Ages. Males. Females. Total. Under 5 years .. . . 6 2 5 years and under 10 .. 2 10 „ 15 .. 2 15 „ 20 .. 3 1 20 „ 25 . . 2 1 25 .. 30 .. 4 4 30 „ 35 .. 8 14 35 ,. 40 .. 16 16 40 ., 45 .. 19 27 8 2 2 4 3 8 22 32 46 15 years and under 50 25 16 71 50 „ 55 39 30 69 55 „ 60 51 58 109 60 „ 65 56 34 90 65 „ 70 59 66 125 70 „ • 75 68 51 119 75 „ 80 53 40 93 80 years and upwards 33 20 53 Totals .. 446 110 856

Country. Average 5 years: 1896-1900. Average • r > years: 1906-10. Increase per cent, dtmng 10 years. Rate for last year aseertainable. New Zealand Commonwealth of Australia England and Wales .. Scotland Ireland German Empire Austria Italy Norway Netherlands Switzerland 0-59 0-58 0-80 0-77 0-58 0-66 0-69 0-51 0-86 0-92 1-27 0-72 0-70 0-94 1-00 0-79 0-84 0-78 0-64 0-97 1-03 1-26 22-03 20-69 17-50 29-87 36-21 27-27 13-04 25-49 12-79 11-96 0-79* 0-80 (1913) 0-76 (1912) 0-99 (1911) 1-03 (1910) 0-82 (1911) 088 (1911) 0-82 (1911) 0-65 (1911) 0-93 (1910) 1-07(1911) 1-23 (1910) * Decrease.