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Taranaki Daily News, 8 May 1917, Page 8

"For the first time tlu mortality from cancer has definitely overtaken that from consumption in this country." This startling fact is reported by Mr. Douglas Macmillan, the hon. secretary, in his annual report to the British Society for the Prevention and Relief of Cance-. At the present time in England and Wales, it is stated, some 40,000 die annually from the scourge. A serious warning is given in the report regarding the effects of the war, it being stated: "It is a matter pf common knowlcdgo that cancer very frequently develops at the site of a former scar or wound. Whatever the underlying cause of the malady may be, the lamentable fact remains that', as a result of the present unparalleled warfare, we shall have to face in fhe very hear future a most serious increase in malignant growths in men, and especially the men who have served their country in the field." An appeal-is made for more funds, which. It is stated, are urgently needed.