Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-23
CANCER INCREASE
DUE O k[A1 EATING
Result Of Investigations of DR..
G. Cooke Adams Given to
the Public
FOREIGN BORN ARE VICTIMS
Startling increase In the Number OF
Deaths From Terrible Malady Al
most Entirely Among Foreisnsrs
Who Core to Amsriea-chanss Of
Diet Responsible.

Chicago, Sept. "a Chicago scientists
are deeply interested in the results OF
two wears, exhaustive research upon
cancer in Chicago by Dr. G. COOKE
Adams, Of London, and formerly ol
Australia, Just made public here thru
the department of health. DR.. Adams
has proved conclusively that diet
plays a most important factor IN the
increase OF the disease and its death
rate.
The increase from cancer in Chicago
from 1866 to 1905 was 2S2 per cent;
in 1856. 1 III each 104 deaths was due
to cancer, and in 1905, It had In
creased to / death in every %. The
results show that the increase is due
to have foreign born inhabitants, as the
native Ch!cago-born, show the lowest
death rate In the world.
During the last seven years, OF o.
s35 deaths among the Chicago born
from all causes there were only l7S
deaths due to cancer. During the
same period there were 61,Ol9 deaths
from all causes among foreign born
Inhabitants (who comprise over one
/ third Of the total population) and there
were 4,48;, deaths from cancer.
The cancer death-rate per 100000
living over 40 years of age Of the dif-
ferent foreign born inhabitants show
that the German is 757. Irish 700.
Scandinavian $50, Slavonian 500. other
foreign 456, italian IS, co1ored So. Chi-l
cago and Illinois born 35.
OF Germans dying in Chicago at the
age of 40 wears and over, one in every
four dies from cancer. In Germany 1t
is one In twelve: of the Irish dying I'M
ghicago. aged 40 and over, one in six
dies from cancer, while in Ireland 1t IS
one In fifteen, whereas, among the
Chicago and Illinois born dying in
Chicago, aged 40 years and over, there
is only cIle death in 72 from cancer.
The death-rate among the foreign
born from cancer in Chicago is rap
idly increasing. The German and
irish show the highest death rate
from cancer in the world, nearly 300
per cent higher than in their native
countries. The Italians and Chinese
maintain the lowest death-rate Of all
I from cancer as shown in their own
countries.
Increase is Alarming.
Concerning his researches DR..
Adams says:
my statistical investigations In
Europe, Great Britain and in the I'm
tied States Of America, fully corro-
borate my earlier Australian observa-
tions. ,rhe increase Of cancer and its
death-rslte in the United States. par
ticularl,. among the foreign-born in
flabitant:s, is alarming, the mortality
OF the foreign born being far in ex-
cess Of the death-rate Of the native
born and contributing the greatest
part toward the generally high NOR
I tally. The increase in cancer NOR
tality may be demonstrated by a
study Of the vital statistics of any
large American city, the tables of
Chicago giving the following results:
''In Chicago from 1855 to 1856 there
was arl increase in the death-rate
from cancer Of $50 per cent; while
from 1865 to 1905, the increase was 232
per cent; in 1856, but in each 1000
deaths was from cancer in 1866 this
! had increased to in each 1854; in 1908,
Z it was i in % deaths, while in 1906, l
death In every 21.8 was due to this
disease.
..The same tables show plainly the
terrible mortally among the foreign
born residents Of Chicago, particularly
among the Germans, Irish, scandin-
avians and Slavonians. The cancer
death rate among the Irish and Ger
man residents of Chicago fs the high
est in the world, being nearly 900 per
cent higher than in their native coun-
tries The Chicago mortality tables
show that Of four deaths among Ger
mans over 40 years Of age, is from
cancer. In Germany 1t is one In IL.
OF the, Irish dying in Chicago. over 40
years of age, / in every s dies from
cancer, while the cancer death-rate in
Ireland at the same age is 1 in 10.
Similarly, the Scandinavians, Slavon-
fans and others foreign-born, except
& the Italians and Chinese, show a far
greater death-rate from cancer In Chi
cago than in their own homes, the
two last named races maintaining the
low mortality of their native lands.
Charued to Meat Consumption.
CAUSE Ol Ills 6lS1tiy lllS1S SoSf-h
death rate among the foreign born
cannot be charged to climatic condi-
tons for I have; found that the Chi
cago and Illinois born have about the
lowest death rate from cancer of any
people in the world, for many years
the average being one death from can
Ger for every 400 deaths among these
people. and one cancer death In sew
enty.two among the native Chica GO
ans over 40 years of age.
"a study was made Of the number
of deaths from cancer in the fifteen
sanitary divisions OF the city of Chi
cago as well as in the public institu-
tons and especial attention was given
to tlle relation to the population. ma
dvit,. occupation. sex, age, race, diet,
and their sanitary, hygienic. social
and economic conditions, the idea be-