London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Hammersmith 1940

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]

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Deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000
births 51
,, from cancer (all ages) 220
,, ,, measles ,, 1
,, ,, whooping cough (all ages) 0
,, ,, diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 8
Cancer.—There were 220 deaths from Cancer, and of this
number, 205 occurred in persons over the age of 45 years.
These deaths were equal to 2.2 per 1,000 of the population.

The following table shows the number of deaths from Cancer under the various age groups during the past 10 years :—

Year.Total Deaths.Sex.AllAges.1—2—5—15—25—35—45—55—65—75-
1931229M104----11-53-2911
F125-1--12-48-3232
1932206M92---16-48-2611
F114--129-54-2721
1933231M114---28-46-3820
F117---111-46-2930
1934235M112---19-46-3125
F123--1-9-40-5122
1935216M117----8-57-3814
F99----7-45-2621
1936249M111--125-48-4213
F138---314__53_3830
1937227M107--11-41-3718
F120----11-45-3529
1938234M123-_--2621452821
F111----4220224320
1939227M104---2-610343517
F123----1919293728
1940220M1111-75152
F109--74656

The average number of deaths for the ten years is 227.