London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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CANCER
For detailed tables see the Appendix, page 96.
Deaths tabulated in the Department number 585 as compared
with 623 in 1959; 562 in 1958; 591 in 1957; 592 in 1956, 549 in
1955; 486 in 1954; 540 in 1953; 567 in 1952; 479 in 1951 and 501
in 1950.
Death-rate per 1,000 of the population for the last 10 years is as follows:-
| 1951 - 1.91 (479) | 1956 - 2.37 (592) |
| 1952 - 2.26 (567) | 1957 - 2.37 (591) |
| 1953 - 2.16 (540) | 1958 - 2.25 (562) |
| 1954 - 1.95 (486) | 1959 - 2.50 (623) |
| 1955 - 2. 20 (549) | 1960 - 2.34 (585) |
The organs most often attacked in descending order of incidence
are:- In the males - the Lungs (41.4 per cent.), the
Bowels and Rectum (15.2 per cent.) and the Stomach (12.6 per
cent.); In females the Breast (21.7 per cent.); Bowels and
Rectum (17.7 per cent.); and the Uterus (10.9 per cent.).
Ward Statistics
These are tabulated in the usual form in the appendix, page
97. 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.