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CANCER
For detailed tables see the Appendix, page 9 2.
Deaths tabulated in the Department number 614 as compared
with 585 in 1960; 623 in 1959; 562 in 1958; 591 in 1957; 592 in
1956; 549 in 1955; 486 in 1954; 540 in 19 55 567 in 1952 and 479
in 1951.
Death-rate per 1,000 of the population for the last 10 years
is as follows:-
1952-2.26 ( 567) 1957-2.37 ( 591)
1953-2. 16 ( 540) 1958-2. 25 (562)
1954-1.95 ( 486) 1950-2.50 ( 623)
1955-2 20 (549) 1960-2.34 ( 585)
1956-2.37 (592) 1961-2.43 (614)
The organs most often attacked in descending order of incidence
are;- In the males - the Lungs (38. 1 per cent.), the
Stomach (12.5 per cent.) and the Bowels and Rectum (10.4 per
cent.); In females - the Breast (20.6 per cent.); Bowels and
Rectum (16.8 per cent.); and the Uterus (11.9 per cent.).
Ward Statistics
These are tabulated in the usual form in the Appendix, page
93. 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.