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CANCER
For detailed tables see the Appendix, page 99.
Deaths tabulated in the Department number 591 as compared
with 592 in 1956; 549 in 1955; 486 in 1954; 540 in 1953; 567
in 1952; 479 in 1951; 501 in 1950 ; 481 in 1949; 510 in 1948;
and 492 in 1947.
Death-rate per 1,000 of the population for the last 11
years is as follows:-
1947-2.03 (492) 1951-1.91 (479) 1955-2.20 (549)
1948-2.03 (510) 1952-2.26 (567) 1956-2.37 (592)
1949-1.93 (481) 1953-2. 16 (540) 1957-2.37 (591)
1950-1.99 ( 501) 1954-1.95 ( 486)
The organs most often attacked in descending order of
incidence are: In the males-the Lungs (38.1 per cent.), the
Bowels and Rectum (10.3 per cent.) and the Stomach (9.9 per
cent.); in females-the Bowels and Rectum (21.5 per cent.),
and the Breast (17.9 per cent.).