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Willesden 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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91
Cancer Deaths.— The following Table, No. 52,
shows the sex distribution and total number of deaths from
Cancer, together with the death rates per 1,000 of the
population in Willesden and England and Wales since
1904:—

Table: Table No. 52.

Table No. 52.

Year.Willesden Cancer Deaths.Willesden Cancer Death Rate per 1,000 of the population.England and Wales Cancer Death Rate per 1,000 of the population.
Males.Females.Total.
19044269111.825.879
19054174115.817.889
19064665111.783.922
19073672108.748.914
19085062112.751.931
19093882120.799.962
191064901541.005.967
19113976115.7340.99
19125698154.9631.02
19136594159.971• • •
19145897155.930• • •

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The above Table, No. 52, shows that from year to
year there is a big preponderance of deaths of females from
Cancer over deaths of males from the same cause. The
table also shows that the death rate from Cancer in Willesden,
as also in England and Wales, is on the increase,
but that it is lower this year than either of the two preceding
years.