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CANCER OF THE LUNG AND BRONCHUS
Twenty-eight deaths (Males 22 and Females 6) from this cause
were recorded as compared with twenty-two (Males 16 and Females 6)
in 1957. The following table briefly gives details of the deaths
of Chelsea residents during the years 1950 to 1958 (inclusive):-
Year Males Females Totals
Percentage
of deaths
registered
1950 18 4 22 3.4
1951 16 - 16 2.3
1952 27 6 33 5.0
1953 16 4 20 2.9
1954 20 7 27 3.7
1955 21 8 29 3.5
1956 25 6 31 3.8
1957 16 6 22 2.9
1958 22 6 28 4.0
Totals 181 47 228 31.5
Averages 20.1 5.2 25.3 3.9
Over the period shown above 79.4% of the deaths were in
respect of males, whilst 20.6% concerned females, i.e. 4 males
to 1 female.
However the real significance of the increase for the country
as a whole can be properly gauged from the following summary of
deaths during each year from 1950 until the present times:-
Year
England and Wales
Cancer of the Lung and Bronchus
Number of deaths
registered
Increase over
preceding year
1950
12,241
1,266
1951
13,247
1,006
1952
14,218
971
1953
15,132
914
1954
16,331
1,119
1955
17,271
940
1956
18,185
914
1957
19,118
933
1958
19,809
691
Despite evidence submitted by the Medical Research Council to the
Ministry of Health and their acceptance thereof, it seems obvious that
health education has not made the desired impact on the minds of the