The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-23
CANCER DUE TO MEAT
DR.. ADAMS HAS COME TO
THIS CONCLUSION.
Investigation Shows, He Says, That For
eign-Born, Who Live Better Here Than
Formerly, Are Chief Victims.

CHICAGO. Sept. 2~3.-Chicago scientists
are deeply interested In the results of two
years exhaustive research upon cancer in
Chicago by DIR. @. Cooke Adams, of Lon
don and formerly of Australia, which have
just been made public here by the Depart
ment OF Health. DR.. Adams has proved
concluslvely hat diet plays a most i'm
portant factor in the increase Of the dis
ease ana It's death rate.
During the last seven years, of 1885
deaths among the ~Chlcago-born from all
causes, there were only IFS deaths due to
cancer. During the same period there
were s. ,019 deaths from all causes among
f~oreign-born inhabitants, who comprise
over one-third of the total population, and
there were 4,463 Deaths from cancer among
these.
The cancer death rate per 100000 living
over 40 years of age OF the different for
eign-born inhabitants show that the Ger
man is 757, Irish 700, Scandinavian $40,
Slovenian 800. other foreign 4o6. italian
SO, colored 50, Chicago and Illlnois-born
IS.
OF Germans dying in Chicago at the age
Of 40 years and over, one In every four
dies from cancer; In Germany 1t is one
In u; of the Irish dying In Chicago, aged
40 and over. one In six dies from cancer,
iAtAC Al hNiah ~ 20 OtF IA ~ AANASA
among the Chicago and Illinois-born dy-
ing In Chicago, aged 40 years and over,
there is only one death in ~ from cancer.
Concerning his researches DR.. Adams
says:
My statistical Investigations in Europe,
Great Britain and In the United States of
America, fully corroborate my earlier Aus
tralian observations. The increase of cam
Ger and It's death rate In the United States,
particularly among the fo~reign-born in
habitants, Is alarming. In Chicago, from
1856 TO 1866, there was an increase In the
death rate from cancer of $50 per cent,
while from 1866 to 1905 the increase was 232
per cent. In 1856 but one in each 1000
deaths was from cancer; in 1866 this had
increased to one In eaehi164; In 1905 1t was
one in % deaths, while in 1906 one death
In every 21.S was due to this disease.
The same tables show plainly the ter
rible mortality among the ~forelgn-born
residents of Chicago, particularly among.
the Germans, Irish, Scandinavians and
S~lavonians. The cancer death rate among
the Irish and German residents of Chi
cage is the highest in the world. being
nearly 300 per cent. higher than in their
native countries.
"A study was made of the number of
deaths from cancer in the fifteen sanitary
divisions of the city of Chicago, as well
as In TIE public institutions, and especial
attention was given to the relation to the
population, nativity, occupation, sex, age,
race, diet and their sanitary hygienic,
social and economic conditions. the idea
being to shed some light upon the alb
normally high death rate of some nation
alities In Chicago, the low death rate of
others, and the comparative immunity Of
Illinois and Chicago-born persons, COM
pared with the higher mortality of other
American-born residents.
1T was found that the Italians made
their staple diet of macaroni and spaghetti;
that the Chinese adhere to their national
diet of rice. while the nations showing
higher mortality consumed large quantities
of canned, preserved, dried and picked
meats. sausages, etc, often eaten UNI
cooked. While these preserved meat foods
are eaten TO a certain extent In their own
countries, the higher wages of America
permit indulgence in them to a greater
extent, while the greater cost of fresh
meat is an added inducement to the con-
sumption Of these articles.
There cannot be the slightest question
but that the great increase in cancer
among the foreign-born over the preva-
lence of that disease in their native coun-
tries Is due TO the increased consumption
of animal foods, particularly those derived
from diseased animals