[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham] page 39

Mitcham 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]

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Table: CancerThe number of deaths from cancer registered during the year was 102. of which 60 were males and 42 were females.The site distribution for 1950 was as follows: —

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Cancer

The number of deaths from cancer registered during the year was 102. of which 60 were males and 42 were females.

The site distribution for 1950 was as follows: —

Digestive organs	17 cases
Respiratory organs	23 „
Breast	12 „
Genito-urinary organs	5 ,
Other sites	45 „
	102

Table: The following table shows the number of deaths from cancer, together with the death rate as compared with England andWales: —

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The following table shows the number of deaths from cancer, together with the death rate as compared with England and

Wales: —

Year	Number of Deaths	Death Rate per 1,000 of population
Year	Number of Deaths	Mitcham	England and Wales
1931	81	1.41	1.48
1932	68	1.0	1.51
1933	52	.86	1.52
1934	70	1.1	1.56
1935	61	1.0	1.58
1936	80	1.2	1.61
1937	76	1.1	1.63
1938	103	1.5	1.66
1939	73	1.12	1.64
1940	94	1.55	1.66
1941	84	1.6	1.67
1942	104	1.9	1.698
1943	95	1.7	1.74
1944	83	1.6	1.7
1945	103	1.9	1.74
1946	108	1.74	1.76
1947	103	1.60	1.86
1948	111	1.67	1.85
1949	124	1.85	1.87
1950	102	1.51	1.89