San Francisco 102.5 Boston 99.4 Providence 96.9 Los Angeles 94.9 Cincinnati 93 Hartford 91.9 New Haven 89.8 Dayton 88.5 Rochester 88.2 Springfield 86.9 District of Columbia 86 Baltimore 85.8 Omaha 85.7 Buffalo 84 New Orleans 82.2 Philadelphia 81.9 Hoboken 80.7 Columbus 79.5 Manhattan and Bronx 78.4 St. Louis 78.4 Denver 77.9 Newark 76.9 Chicago 76.5 Greater New York 74.1 Richmond 73.9 Kansas City, Mo 71.1 St. Paul 71.1 Indianapolis 70.4 Borough of Brooklyn 68.9 Milwaukee 68.4 Nashville 68 Pittsburgh 66.4 Minneapolis 65.3 Detroit 64.5 Cleveland 62.9 Louisville 61.1 Jersey City 60.5 Charleston 53.6 Seattle 50.2 Augusta (Ga.) 49.1 Memphis 48.7 Savannah 47.1 In the city of New York, as given by the Board of Health Bulletin, there were from July 1, 1915, to June 30, 1916, 4,672 deaths from cancer, or an average of just 12.8 persons per day; in the last six months, July 1 to December 31, there were 2,264 deaths from cancer, 990 males and 1,274 females, with a daily average of a little higher than last year. It is readily understood that many factors enter into the study and proper understanding of the statistics of cancer, such as age, sex, location of the lesion, etc., and the limits of a lecture do not permit any adequate presentation of the subject, but a few points may be mentioned.