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CANCER OF THE LUNG AND BRONCHUS
Thirty deaths (Males 25 and Females 5) from this cause were
recorded, as compared with thirty-six in 1959. The following
table briefly gives details of the deaths of Chelsea residents
during the years 1951 to 1960 (inclusive), and whilst over such a
short period it is not clear that abstinence from the habit of
"smoking" results in more satisfactory returns in respect to deaths,
it would appear obvious that morbidity is steadily increasing from
this cause.
Year
Males
Females
Totals
Percentage
of Deaths
Registered
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
1959 31 5 36 4.9
1960 25 5 30 4.2
Averages 21.9 5.3 27.2 3.7
It is apparent, however, that deaths approximately occur
annually in the ratio of four males to one female.