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| 1901| 695 | 1,811| 8,263| 5,827|16,596| 985 |
| 1902| 701 | 1,872| 8,229| 5,972|16,774| 986 |
| 1903| 702 | 1,896| 8,490| 6,202|17,290| 1,006 |
| 1904| 703 | 1,934| 8,511| 6,448|17,596| 1,010 |
| 1905| 719 | 1,904| 8,683| 6,445|17,751| 1,011 |
| 1906| 740 | 1,921| 8,945| 6,805|18,411| 1,038 |
| 1907| 731 | 1,956| 8,841| 7,018|18,546| 1,035 |
| 1908| 658 | 1,943| 9,026| 7,189|18,816| 1,036 |
| 1909| 701 | 1,952| 9,466| 7,671|19,790| 1,082 |
| 1910| 780 | 2,030| 9,376| 7,578|19,764| 1,070 |
| 1911| 730 | 2,080| 9,485| 8,018|20,313| 1,088 |
| 1912| 695 | 2,009| 9,926| 8,505|21,135| 1,117 |
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The foregoing table strikingly illustrates the increasing prevalence
of cancer in England during the present century. Among women it will
be seen that the rate of mortality has increased from 985 to 1,117 per
million living within almost a single decade. The slow and yet
regular recurrence year after year of a slightly increased mortality
from cancer at each period of life after the thirty-fifth year is
peculiarly ominous. The connection between increase of cancer and the
permitted utilization for food purposes of animals suffering from
cancerous ailments is a problem that awaits solution.

APPENDIX X

In the spring of 1915, the Society for the Prevention of Abuse in
Animal Experimentation decided to ascertain whether certain of the
principal facts connected with vivisection would be freely given if
courteously asked. Accordingly, to the directors of laboratories in
over a hundred institutions of higher learning in America, the
following letter was sent by Mr. F. P. Bellamy, the counsel for the
Society:

Brooklyn, N.Y.

DEAR SIR,--One of the criticisms urged against the practice of animal
experimentation in America at the present time is the laack of any
reliable information concerning its extent. Believing that the remedy
of this defect lies within the power of the laboratories, I venture to
ask whether you would be willing to fill out the accompanying blank
form, returning it to me as soon as practicable? If so, I should be
glad if you would state whether the figures are based upon a r