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SECTION VI.
CANCER.
The facilities available in the Croydon area for the diagnosis
and treatment of cancer are the same as were given in my Report
for 1936. No special propaganda has been undertaken.
Mr
Deaths from Cancer numbered 421 as compared with 421 in
1936; 321 in 1935 ; 371 in 1934; 374 in 1933 ; 341 in 1932; 342 in
1931; 339 in 1930 ; 330 in 1929 ; 327 in 1928 ; 344 in 1927 ; and 330
in 1926.
Death-rate per 1,000 of the population for the previous 11 years
are as follows:—
1926—1.60 (330)
1927—1.62 (344)
1928—1.54 (327)
1929—1.48 (330)
1930—1.52 (339)
1931—1.46 (342)
1932—1.44 (341)
1933—1.56 (374)
1934—1.54 (371)
1935—1.33 (321)
1936—1.75 (421)
1937—1.74 (421)
Deaths Prom Cancer in Municipal Wards.