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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Croydon 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: Deaths from Cancer occurred at the following Ages: —

Deaths from Cancer occurred at the following Ages: —

Age periodMaleFemaleTotal
Under 25 years336
25 and under 35 years336
35 and under 45 years10616
45 and under 65 years112108220
65 years and over133159292
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Table: Sites of Fatal Cancer.

Sites of Fatal Cancer.

SiteMaleFemaleTotalPercentage of Total
Shoulder1—10.185
Endrocrine Glands2—20.370
Skin3140.741
Oesophagus105152.778
Stomach44398315.370
Liver2461.111
Bowel1927468.519
Rectum1112234.259
Bladder113142.593
Prostate17—176.513
Larynx and Pharynx103132.408
Uterus—282810.036
Breast—535318.996
Ovary—20206.168
Pancreas1412264.815
Gall Bladder and Duct—440.741
Tongue & Mouth4—40.741
Bones4371.206
Lungs73239617.778
Kidney4591.667
Brain & Nervous System311142.593
Thyroid Gland1—10.185
Lymphatic Glands & Connective Tissue92112.037
Hodgkin's Disease3361.111
Leukaemia119203.704
Genital Organs1340.741
Undefined49132.408
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Comments on Foregoing Table.
1 he organs most often attacked in descending order of
incidence are: In the males—the Lungs (28.0 per cent.), the
Stomach (16.9 per cent.) and the Bowels and Rectum (11.1 per
cent.); in females—the Breast (19.0 per cent.), the Stomach and
the Bowels and Rectum (14.0 per cent.) and the Uterus (10.0 per
cent.).