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Southall 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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Cancer.
It will be seen by the table of causes of death (page 9) that in 1939 74 cases (33
males, 41 females) died from cancer. The following table shows the number of deaths
from cancer (male and female), the estimated population of the district, and the deaths
from cancer per 1,000 population since 1922. It will be seen that in 1939 there was an
increase in the cancer mortality.
Table No. 35.
| Year | Male | Female | Total | Estimated population | Rate per 1,000 population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1922 | 18 | 18 | 36 | 30,261 | 1.18 |
| 1923 | 21 | 14 | 35 | 31,360 | 1.11 |
| 1924 | 20 | 18 | 38 | 31,800 | 1.19 |
| 1925 | ? | ? | 40 | 32,220 | 1.24 |
| 1926 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 32,870 | 0.69 |
| 1927 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 33.480 | 0.77 |
| 1928 | 18 | 27 | 45 | 35.34° | 1.27 |
| 1929 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 35.370 | 0.62 |
| 1930 | 17 | 29 | 46 | 37.56o | 1.22 |
| 1931 | 20 | 28 | 48 | 39,280 | 1.22 |
| 1932 | 22 | 23 | 45 | 41,53° | 1.08 |
| 1933 | 23 | 28 | 51 | 44,78o | 1.13 |
| 1934 | 22 | 27 | 49 | 46,693 | 1.04 |
| 1935 | 30 | 27 | 57 | 48,270 | 1.l8 |
| 1936 | 22 | 30 | 52 | 49,55° | 1.05 |
| 1937 | 42 | 28 | 70 | 51,560 | 1.35 |
| 1938 | 27 | 30 | 57 | 52,400 | 0.51 |
| 1939 | 33 | 41 | 74 | 52,430 | 1.41 |
The following table shows the age distribution of the cancer deaths:—
Table No. 36.
A ges at D eath in C ancer C ases.
| Age 1 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-15 | 15-30 | 30-40 | 40-50 | 50-60 | 60-70 | 70-80 | 80+ | |
| Male | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | — |
| Female | — | — | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 4 |
| Total | — | 1 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 17 | 4 |
Special Infectious Diseases.
Smallpox (Variola).
No patients with smallpox or contacts of cases of smallpox were notified to the
Department during the year. No work was done under the Public Health (Small-pox
prevention) Regulations, 1917.
Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina).
The number of notifications received during the year was 123 as compared with
315 for the previous year.
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