Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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The numbers so notified were as follows:—
Chicken pox | 81 |
Mumps | 59 |
Impetigo | 7 |
Jaundice | 2 |
Rubella | 17 |
Ringworm | 1 |
Cancer
The number of deaths from cancer registered during the year
was 108, of which 56 were males and 52 were females.
Cancer is mainly a disease of the digestive system, with the
exception of its preference for the generative system in females.
The site distribution for 1946 was as follows: —
Digestive organs | 13 cases |
Genito-urinary organs | 6 „ |
Breast | 14 „ |
Other sites | 75 „ |
Total | 108 „ |
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 | ||
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 |