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Croydon 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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SECTION IV.
CANCER.
Deaths from Cancer numbered 341 as compared with 342 in
1931; 339 in 1930; 330 in 1929; 327 in 1928; 344 in 1927; 330 in
1926, 319 in 1925; 293 in 1924.
Death-rates per 1,000 of the population for the past 10 years are as follows:—
| 1922—1.31 (252) | 1927—1.62 (344) |
| 1923—1.34 (259) | 1928—1.54 (327) |
| 1924—1.50 (293) | 1929—1.48 (330) |
| 1925—1.60 (319) | 1930—1.52 (339) |
| 1926—1.60 (330) | 1931—1.46 (342) |
| For 1932 the rate is 1.44 (341). | |
Deaths From Cancer in Municipal Wards.
Table XXIX.
| Ward. | Male. | Female. | Total. | Death-rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male. | Female. | |||||
| Upper Norwood | 11 | 21 | 32 | 1.45 | 10012 | 12122 |
| Nubury | 9 | 11 | 20 | 1.26 | 7160 | 8655 |
| West Thornton | 11 | 10 | 21 | 1.06 | 9299 | 10545 |
| Bensham Manor | 6 | 14 | 20 | 1.26 | 7432 | 8473 |
| Thornton Heath | 10 | 11 | 21 | 1.36 | 7370 | 8077 |
| South Norwood | 11 | 18 | 29 | 1.66 | 7990 | 9531 |
| Woodside | 14 | 10 | 24 | 1.55 | 7352 | 8133 |
| East | 10 | 16 | 26 | 1.46 | 7844 | 10000 |
| Addiscombe | 9 | 11 | 20 | 1.40 | 6615 | 7685 |
| Whitehorse Mnr | 11 | 14 | 25 | 1.51 | 7907 | 8661 |
| Brodgreen | 10 | 9 | 19 | 1.25 | 7220 | 7980 |
| Central | 12 | 9 | 21 | 1.74 | 5371 | 6700 |
| Waddon | 16 | IS | 34 | 1.57 | 10272 | 11322 |
| South | 9 | 16 | 25 | 1.70 | 6260 | 8471 |
| Addington | 3 | — | 3 | 1.06 | 1409 | 1432 |
| No fixed abode | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Total | 152 | 189 | 341 | 109513 | 127787 | |