London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Croydon 1962
[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 628 as compared
with 614 in 1961; 585 in 1960; 623 in 1959; 562 in 1958; 591 in
1957; 592 in 1956 ; 549 in 1955; 486 in 1954; 540 in 1953 and 567
in 1952.
Death-rate per 1,000 of the population for the last 10 years
is as follows:-
| 1953 - 2. 16 ( 540) | 19 58 - 2. 25 ( 562) |
| 1954 - 1. 95 (486) | 19 59 - 2. 50 ( 6 23) |
| 1955 - 2.20 ( 549) | 1960 - 2.34 ( 585) |
| 1956 - 2. 37 ( 592) | 1961 - 2.43 (614) |
| 1957 - 2.37 ( 591) | 196 2 - 2.48 (628) |
He organs most often attacked in descending order of incidence
are:- In the males - the Lungs (43.9 per cent.), the
Stomach (13.3 per cent.) and the Bowels and Rectum (8.0 per
cent.); In females - the Breast (23.2 per cent.); Bowels and
Rectum (14.9 per cent.); and the Lungs (10.4 per cent.).
Ward Statistics
These are tabulated in the usual form in the Appendix, page
97.