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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
Croydon 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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SECTION VI.
CANCER.
The facilities available in the Croydon area for the diagnosis
I and treatment of cancer are the same as were given in my Report
I for 1937. No special propaganda has been undertaken.
Deaths from Cancer numbered 380 as compared with 421 in
11937; 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; and 344
in 1927.
Death-rate per 1,000 of the population for the previous 11 years are as follows:—
| 1927—1.62 (344) | 1933—1.56 | (374) |
| 1928—1.54 (327) | 1934—1.54 | (371) |
| 1929—1.48 (330) | 1935—1.33 | (321) |
| 1930—1.52 (339) | 1936—1.75 | (421) |
| 1931—1.46 (342) | 1937—1.74 | (421) |
| 1932—1.44 (341) |
| Ward | Male. | Female. | Total. | Death-rate. | Estimated Mid Male. | Population. 1938. Female. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Norwood | ||||||
| Norbury | ||||||
| West Thornton | ||||||
| Densham Manor | ||||||
| Shornton Heath | ||||||
| South Norwood | 33 | |||||
| Woodside | ||||||
| East | ||||||
| Addiscombe | ||||||
| Whitehorse Mn | ||||||
| Central | ||||||
| Vaddon | ||||||
| South | ||||||
| Addington | ||||||
| To Fixed abode | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total |