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' 14
It was the practice of my predecessor to draw
attention to the mortality from certain diseases such
as Tuberculosis and Cancer, as well as from street
accidents. Statistics with regard to the first mentioned
will be found in the section of this report
devoted to Infectious Disease. The following figures
compare the incidence of Cancer in 1946 with that
in 1945 and the pre-war years 1936-38:
Death rate per 1,000 population
Cancer of:
1946
1945
Average
1936-38
Mouth & oesophagus M .12 .16 .10
Uterus F .09 .14 .08
Stomach and M .14 .24 .26
duodenum F .07 .16 .12
Breast M – .02 –
F .22 .24 .16
Other sites M .86 1.05 .61
F .40 .68 .42
total M 1.12 1.47 .97
F .79 1.22 .78
In considering these rates, the effect of the higher
age composition of the population should be borne
in mind. With regard to deaths from motor traffic
in the streets there is a satisfactory improvement on
the pre-war average of 14 deaths per year, there
being only six in 1946.