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the intestines, and we have, therefore, extracted it separately, in 

 order to ascertain whether its increase is in the same ratio as that of 

 cancer of the tipper parts of the intestine. The result is as 

 follows : 



Table F. Cancer of Rectum and other parts of Intestines in 

 Septennial Periods. 



Thus, while cancer of the rectum increased (in absolute amount 

 and not relatively to the population*) 52'4 per cent., cancer of the 

 rest of the intestines increased 213'3 per cent. It is evident, there- 

 fore, that by including cancer of the rectum in the group of 

 "inaccessible" cancers we have further diminished the sharp 

 contrast between "accessible " and "inaccessible " cancers. 



In Table XIII we give the deaths from cancer in Frankfort during 

 the period under review, grouped according to age and sex ; and in 

 the sub-headings, a, ft and 7, in Table XIV, the same facts are 

 classified as above described. 



Census enumerations of the city of Frankfort have been taken at 

 frequent but irregular intervals, and we have been able to avail 

 ourselves of the returns for 1864, 1867, 1871, 1875, 1880, and 1885. 

 From these we calculated the population in the middle of each year 

 from 1860 to 1889 inclusive for both males and females, arranged 

 according to age; and a summary of the results is given in 

 Table XIV. On account of the military element which prevails on 

 the Continent, there were some causes of disturbance, but, owing to 

 the frequency of the censuses, these were not of much practical im- 

 portance, and, moreover, they scarcely affected the ages which, in an 

 inquiry into cancer, are principally concerned. 



From the populations of Table XV and the deaths of Table XII 

 the annual death-rates were calculated, corresponding to those in 

 Tables VI X, but it is scarcely necessary to reproduce them here. 

 From these again were calculated the annual deaths from cancer in 

 1,000,000 living aged 25 and over, the population being as before 



* The population of Frankfort increased from an average of 53,550 in the years 

 1860-66 to an average of 92,500 in the years 1881-87 ; i.e., it nearly doubled. 

 Therefore the rate of mortality from cancer of the rectum really diminished. 



