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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Greenwich 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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The distribution of the 1953 deaths was as follows : 55 in East
Greenwich, 30 in West Greenwich, 9 in St. Nicholas, Deptford and
65 in Charlton and Kidbrooke.
Comparing the current year's figures with those of the previous 3 years, the sites of the affected parts were :—
| 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer of Stomach | 30 | 24 | 24 | 33 |
| „ „ Lung, Bronchus | 26 | 51 | 31 | 27 |
| „ „ Breast | 12 | 14 | 11 | 12 |
| ,, „ Uterus | 7 | 11 | 6 | 11 |
| „ ,, all Other Sites | 92 | 98 | 89 | 76 |
| Totals | 167 | 198 | 161 | 159 |
Throughout the country in recent years there has been a
tendency for cancer of the lung to increase and the following table
has again been included in order that the trend in this Borough
may be studied :—
DEATHS FROM CANCER OF LUNG (including Bronchiogenic Carcinoma)
| Year | AGE GROUPS | Totals | Grand Totals | Rate per 1,000 Pop. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 and under 45 yrs. | 45 and under 65 yrs. | 65 and under 75 yrs. | 75 and upwards | |||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |||
| 1946 | 2 | — | 12 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 16 | 1 | 17 | 0.22 |
| 1947 | 2 | — | 13 | — | 8 | 1 | 1 | — | 24 | 1 | 25 | 0.30 |
| 1948 | 1 | — | 18 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | 26 | 2 | 28 | 0.33 |
| 1949 | 1 | — | 11 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 5 | 30 | 0.34 |
| 1950 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 29 | 0.32 |
| 1951 | 1 | — | 26 | 3 | 15 | — | 3 | 3 | 45 | 6 | 51 | 0.57 |
| 1952 | 2 | — | 15 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 31 | 0.34 |
| 1953 | 3 | — | 12 | 4 | 7 | — | 1 | — | 22 | 5 | 27 | 0.29 |
| Totals | 13 | 1 | 121 | 17 | 61 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 206 | 32 | 238 | Average for 8 yrs. 0.27 |