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Death-rate per 1,000 of the population for the last 10 years
is as follows:-
1949 - 1.93 (481) 1953 - 2.16 (540) 1957 - 2.37 (591)
1950 - 1.99 ( 501) 1954 - 1.95 ( 486) 1958 - 2.25 ( 562)
1951 - 1.91 (479) 1955 - 2.20 (549)
195 2 - 2. 26 ( 567) 1956 - 2.37 ( 592)
The organs most often attacked in descending order of
incidence are: In the males - the Lungs (36.9 per cent.), the
Bowels and Rectum (19.3 per cent.) and the Stomach (13.4 per
cent.); in females - the Breast (23.9 per cent.); the Bowels and
Rectum (15.1 per cent.); and the Dterus (8.1 per cent.).
lard Statistics
These are tabulated in the usual form in the appendix, page
107. It is obvious from the high birth-rate at New Addington
Ward, that it contains many young married couples. The highest
death rate is recorded from the South Ward, because it has a
high proportion of elderly persons.