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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
Mitcham 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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Digestive organs 10 cases
Genitourinary organs 12 „
Breast 3 „
Other sites 59 „
Total 84 „
The following table shows the number of deaths from cancer, together with the death rate as compared with England and Wales:—
| Year | Number of Deaths | Death Rate per 1,000 of population | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mitcham | England and Wales | ||
| 1915 | 26 | 77 | 1.22 |
| 1916 | 21 | 63 | 1.16 |
| 1917 | 17 | 50 | 1.19 |
| 1918 | 25 | 72 | 1.19 |
| 1919 | 31 | 89 | 1.18 |
| 1920 | 34 | 94 | 1.16 |
| 1921 | 31 | 87 | 1.21 |
| 1922 | 34 | 94 | 1.22 |
| 1923 | 33 | 90 | 1.26 |
| 1924 | 42 | 1.11 | 1.29 |
| 1925 | 48 | 1.29 | 1.33 |
| 1926 | 44 | 1.14 | 1.36 |
| 1927 | 46 | 1.13 | 1.37 |
| 1928 | 58 | 1.27 | 1.42 |
| 1929 | 66 | 1.33 | 1.43 |
| 1930 | 73 | 1.25 | 1.45 |
| 1931 | 81 | 1.41 | 1.48 |
| 1932 | 68 | 1.0 | 1.51 |
| 1933 | 52 | 86 | 1.52 |
| 1934 | 70 | 1.1 | 1.56 |
| 1935 | 61 | 1.0 | 1.58 |
| 1936 | 80 | 1.2 | 1.61 |
| 1937 | 76 | 1.1 | 1.63 |
| 1938 | 103 | 1.5 | 1.66 |
| 1939 | 73 | 1.12 | 1.64 |
| 1940 | 94 | 1.55 | 1.66 |
| 1941 | 84 | 1.6 | 1.67 |