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London County Council 1954

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Table: Table C— Deaths in London A.C. —1931-54 Population aged 55 and over.—Numbers, rates and sex ratio for certain causes

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Table C— Deaths in London A.C. —1931-54 Population aged 55 and over.—Numbers, rates and sex ratio for certain causes

Cause(s)	Sex	No., rate, etc.	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954
All causes	M	No.	16,392	16,427	16,789	16,112	15,734	16,955	17,955	16,129	16,764	19,668	15,604	3,541	14,585	14,978	13,997	14,971	15,802	14,470	15,678	15,735	17,354	16,658	15,796	14,646
	M	Rate	51.61	50.77	51.83	49.58	48.85	51.82	52.55	49.11	52.42	68.82	71.58	54.47	53.96	56.27	49.77	48.78	51.79	46.11	49.42	49.38	58.23	55.34	52.30	48.98
	F	No.	17,557	17,244	17,517	16,856	16,555	17,446	18,274	16,078	16,949	19,784	14,404	12,656	14,271	13,908	13,174	14,284	15,632	13,820	15,704	15,509	17,394	16,546	16,024	14,581
	F	Rate	42.71	41.25	41.67	39.87	38.95	40.65	42.35	36.92	40.28	57.65	55.76	47.29	46.82	48.44	41.54	37.69	39.51	33.95	38.17	37.53	40.45	37.95	36.67	32.47
	M/F	Ratio	1.21	1.23	1.24	1.24	1.25	1.27	1.24	1.33	1.30	1.18	1.28	1.15	1.15	1.16	1.20	1.29	1.31	1.36	1.29	1.32	1.44	1.46	1.43	1.51
All cancer	M	No.	2,699	2,779	2,760	2,773	2,782	2,933	2,915	2,926	2,766	2,685	2,345	2,405	2,593	2,431	2,601	2,654	2,781	2,945	2,953	3,135	3,251	3,250	3,312	3,276
	M	Rate	8.50	8.50	8.52	8.53	8.64	8.96	8.91	8.65	8.65	9.26	10.76	9.67	9.59	9.13	9.25	8.65	9.12	9.38	9.31	9.84	10.91	10.80	10.97	10.96
	F	No.	2,710	2,559	2,631	2,829	2,709	2,766	2,798	2,788	2,712	2,422	1,978	2,106	2,320	2,151	2,232	2,405	2,636	2,692	2,711	2,758	2,757	2,856	2,865	2,811
	F	Rate	6.59	6.12	6.26	6.69	6.37	6.44	6.48	6.40	6.44	7.06	7.66	7.87	7.61	7.49	7.04	6.34	6.66	6.61	6.59	6.67	6.41	6.55	6.56	6.26
	M/F	Ratio	1.29	1.40	1.36	1 28	1.36	1.39	1.38	1.39	1.34	1.31	1.40	1.23	1.26	1.22	1.31	1.36	1.37	1.42	1.41	1 48	1.70	1.65	1.67	1.75
Lung cancer	M	No.	273	294	346	363	396	408	456	469	487	475	451	516	550	515	616	625	726	791	841	918	969	1.020	1.072	1.126
	M	Rate	0.86	0.91	1.97	1.12	1.23	1.25	1.39	1.43	1.52	1.64	2.07	2.08	2.03	1.93	2.19	2.04	2.38	2.52	2.65	2.88	3.25	3.39	3.55	3.77
	F	No.	85	78	80	98	92	120	108	128	133	119	91	101	112	112	118	148	159	172	193	168	201	225	220	239
	F	Rate	0.21	0.19	0.19	0.23	0.22	0.28	0.25	0.29	0.32	0.35	0.35	0.38	0.37	0.39	0.37	0.39	0.40	0.42	0.47	0.41	0.47	0.52	0.50	0.53
	M/F	Ratio	4.10	4.79	5.63	4.57	5.59	4.46	5.56	4.93	4.75	4.69	5.91	5.47	5.49	4.95	5.92	5.23	5.95	6.00	5.64	7.02	6.91	6.52	7.10	7.11
Bronchitis	M	No.	962	756	796	806	630	872	835	600	763	2,387	1,627	1,275	1,463	1,370	1,469	1,534	1,833	1,377	1,682	1,466	2,126	2,091	2,006	1,326
	M	Rate	3.03	2.34	2.46	2.48	1.96	2.67	2.55	1.83	2.39	8.23	8.46	5.13	5.41	5.15	5.22	5.00	6.01	4.39	5.30	4.60	7.13	6.95	6.64	4.43
	F	No.	1,134	887	846	795	556	756	746	449	595	1,860	1,091	825	1,104	843	953	970	1,156	782	1,077	930	1,372	1,249	1,287	688
	F	Rate	2.76	2.12	2.01	1.88	1.31	1.76	1.73	1.03	1.41	5.42	4.22	3.08	3.62	2.94	3.01	2.56	2.92	1.92	2.62	2.25	3.19	2.86	2.95	1.53
	M/F	Ratio	1.10	0.10	1.22	1.32	1.50	1.52	1.47	1.78	1.70	1.52	1.77	1.67	1.49	1.75	1.73	1.95	2.06	2.29	2.02	2.04	2.24	2.43	2.25	2.90

Table: Table DMass RadiographyIntrathoracic malignant diseases found by the four Metropolitan R.H.Bs. and Ministry's Unit Aggregated figures of rates per 100,000 examined

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Intrathoracic malignant diseases found by the four Metropolitan R.H.Bs. and Ministry's Unit Aggregated figures of rates per 100,000 examined

Period	Total number of persons examined	Males			Females
Period	Total number of persons examined	45—	60 and over	Allages	45—	60 and over	All ages
Oct.' 43—Dec.' 45	320,550	29	39	4	6	—	1
Jan.—Dec. 1946	124,171	38	154	17	—	—	1
„ 1947	248,028	43	98	14	9	71	2
„ 1948	356,282	47	73	12	12	108	3
„ 1949	403,872	69	180	23	26	111	5
„ 1950	624,984	55	146	19	6	101	3
„ 1951	845,836	56	186	22	13	32	4
„ 1952	960,829	100	334	41	18	50	6
Jan.—June 1953	495,101	108	483	52	13	12	3

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London County Council 1954

Table: Table C— Deaths in London A.C. —1931-54 Population aged 55 and over.—Numbers, rates and sex ratio for certain causes

Table: Table DMass RadiographyIntrathoracic malignant diseases found by the four Metropolitan R.H.Bs. and Ministry's Unit Aggregated figures of rates per 100,000 examined