The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-09-23
BEFORE CHICAGO SPECIALISTS
Or. Adams Says Death Rate Among
Foreign Born in Chicago is Al.
armins-Ststisties are
Furnished.



years exhaustive research upon can
Ger in Chicago by DR.. G. Cooke Ad.
ans of London and formerly of Aus.
tralia just made public here through
the Department of Health. Dr. Ad-
ans 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 Chi
cago from 1866 to 1895 was 23.2 per
cent, l in each 10I deaths was due
to cancer and in 1905, it had increas.
ed to death in every % The re-.
suits show that the increase is due
to the foreign born inhabitants as
the native Chicago born shows the
lowest death rate in the world.
During the last seven years OF 5S,.
S35 deaths among the Chicago-born
from all causes there were only 176
deaths due to cancer. During the
same period there were 6l,0l9 deaths
from all causes among foreign.born
inhabitants twho comprise over one.
third of the total population) and
there were i,iG3 deaths from cancer.
The cancer death rate per 100000
living over 10 years of age of the diff
ferent foreign-born inhabitants show
that the German is 757, Irish 700
Scandinavian 500, Slavonian 800,
other foreign 456. Italian So, colored
80, Chicago and Illinois born 80.
OF Germans dying in Chicago at
the age of 40 years and over, one In
every four dies from cancer. In Ger
many 1t Is one in twelve; of the lr-
ish dying in Chicago, aged 40 and
over, one in six dies from cancer,
while in Ireland 1t is one in fifteen,
whereas, among the Chicago and H.
linois born dying in Chicago, aged 10
years and over, there is only one
death in 72 from cancer.
The death rate among the foreign
born from cancer in Chicago is rap
idly increasing. The German and lr-
ish show the highest death rate from
cancer in the world. nearly 300 per
cent higher than in their native coun
tries. The Italians and Chinese main
tain the lowest death rate OF all
from cancer as shown in their own
countries.
Concerning his researches, DR..
Adams says:
My statistical investigations In
Europe, Great Britain and In the
United States OF America, fully cor
roborate my earlier Australian OBJ
seryations. The increase of cancer
and its death rate in the United
States, particularly among the for
eign born inhabitants, Is alarming.
tn mortality of the foreign born be-
ing far in exces" of the death rate
of the native born and cnot,ibu
the greatest part toward the gener-
ally high mortality. The increase
IN cancer mortality may be demon.
strated by study of the vital sta.
tlstics of any large American city.
the tables of Chicago giving the fol
lowing results
In Chicago. from 1856 to 1866
there was an increase in the death
rate from cancer of $50 per cent;
while from 1866 TO 1895, the increase
was 232 per cent. In 1856, but | in
each 1000 deaths was from cancer;
in 1866 this had increased to | in
each 1874; in 1905. it was l n 20
deaths, while in 1906, / death in
every 2lS was due to this disease.
THE same tables show plainly the
terrible mortality among the foreign
born residents of Chicago, particular
ly among the Germans, Irish, Scandi-
navians and Slavonians. The cancer
death rate among the Irish and Ger
man residents OF Chicago Is the high
est in the world being nearly 300
per cent higher than in their native
countries. The Chicago mortality
tables show that of four deaths
among Germans. over 40 years OF
age, is from cancer. In Germany
1t is one in 12 OF the Irish dying In
Chicago, over 40 years of age, | In
every dies from cancer, while the
cancer death rate in Ireland at the
same age is in 10. Similarly, the
Scandinaviars. Slayonians m
others foreign born. except the II
alians and Chinese, show far great
er death rate from cancer In Chi.
cago than In their own homes, the
two last named races maintaining
the low mortality OF their native