Referee's report by Henry George Plimmer, on a paper 'On the alleged increase of cancer' by Walter Francis Willcox Sectional Committee: Physiology Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. The paper is only of interest to statisticians, and the results are not of practical or theoretical use. The author does not define his use of the term 'cancer'. [Not published] Endorsed on verso as received 6 February 1917. [February 1917]