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Comparisons with 1948.
In the zymotic diseases group there were two deaths from
hooping Cough (1948—6), one from Measles (1948—1), and
one from Diphtheria (1948—nil). There were again no deaths
in the Typhoid group.
The deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis decreased bv 12;
those from Cancer by 28; those from Pneumonia by 9; and an
increase of 18 was recorded in those caused by Bronchitis.
Deaths, from suicide show an increase of 3, and road traffic
accidents of 7.
The total number of deaths was 2,734 as compared with 2,648
in 1948-
The percentage of deaths under 1 year of age to the total
deaths was 4.2 per cent.; deaths under 15 years, 5.6 per cent.;
deaths under 65 years, 33.0 per cent.; and deaths over 65 years,
67.0 per cent. The corresponding figures for 1948 were 4.6 per
cent., 6.1 per cent., 36.5 per cent., and 63.5 per cent, respectively-
The above total differs slightly from the total recorded by the
Department, as the period covered by the Registrar-General refers
to the weekly returns from the Registrars, while the Department
records are calculated from 1st January to 31st December.
The Registrar-General for the first time since 1939 has
supplied a comparability factor by which the crude death-rate
must be adjusted for comparison with other areas of the country
as a whole. It will be observed that this factor is less than unity,
so that the standardised, or corrected death-rate, is less than the
crude death-rate. In other words, Croydon has a greater "weighting"
of elderly persons than the average for the country.
CANCER.
Deaths from Cancer numbered 481 as compared with 510 in
1948; 492 in 1947; 451 in 1946; 470 in 1945; 420 in 1944; 456 in
1943; 405 in 1942; 377 in 1941; 443 in 1940; and 414 in 1939.
Death-rate per 1,000 of the population for the last 11 years
are as follows:—
1939—1.78 (414) 1943-2.28 (456) 1947—2.03 (492)
1940—2.22 (443) 1944—2.21 (420) 1948—2.0(3 (510)
1941—2.04 (377) 1945—2.34 (470) 1949—1.93 (481)
1942—2.07 (405) 1946—1.93 (451)