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CANCER
For detailed tables see the Appendix, page 110.
Deaths tabulated in the Department number 599 as compared
with, 628 in 1962; 614 in 1961; 585 in 1960; 623 in 1959; 562 in
1958; 591 in 1957; 592 in 1956; 549 in 1955; 486 in 1954 and 540
in 1953.
Death-rate per 1,000 of the population for the last 10 years
is as follows: -
1954 - 1.95 (486) 1959 - 2.50 (623)
1955 - 2.20 (549) 1960 - 2.34 (585)
1956 - 2.37 (592) 1961 - 2.43 (614)
1957 - 2.37 (591) 1962 - 2.48 (628)
1958 - 2.25 (562) 1963 - 2.36 (599)
The organs most often attacked in descending order of incidence
are:- In the males - the Lungs (46.5 per cent.), the
stomach (12.4 per cent.,) and the Bowels and Rectum (10.9 per
cent.); In females - the Breast (21.6 per cent.); Bowels (18.3
per cent.); and the Lungs (10..8 per cent. ).
Ward Statistics
These are tabulated in the usual form in the Appendix, page
111.